Air Quality - Managing Consultant
ERM · Bengaluru
Who is ERM?
ERM is a leading global sustainability consulting firm, committed for nearly 50 years to helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges. We bring together a diverse and inclusive community of experts across regions and disciplines, providing a truly multicultural environment that fosters collaboration, professional growth, and meaningful global exposure. As a people-first organization, ERM values well-being, career development, and the power of collective expertise to drive sustainable impact for our clients—and the planet.
Introducing our new Global Delivery Centre (GDC)
Our Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in India is a unified platform designed to deliver high-value services and solutions to ERM’s global clientele. By centralizing key business and consulting functions, we streamline operations, optimize service delivery, and enable our teams to focus on what matters most—advising clients on sustainability challenges with agility and innovation. Through the GDC, you will collaborate with international teams, leverage emerging technologies, and further enhance ERM’s commitment to excellence—amplifying our shared mission to make a lasting, positive impact.
Key Accountabilities
- Technical leadership: Own technical approach and final reviews for major permits (Title V, PSD/NSR, construction) and IED/national submissions; establish defensible narratives, calculations, BACT/LAER, and modeling coherence with applications.
- Regulatory reporting leadership: Direct multi-facility AERR, Title V, MACT/NESHAP, IED/national, TRI and Tier II programs; enforce data lineage, factor defensibility, and reconciliation between permitting and reporting datasets.
- EPCRA/TRI center-of-excellence: Provide interpretation on complex TRI applicability, thresholds, and releases; audit TRI/Tier II programs and steward continuous improvements in the EPCRA portfolio and methodologies.
- Data excellence: Lead systematic organization/cleanup of large operational/EHS datasets; standardize Excel-based calculation workbooks with built-in QA/QC logic and exception flags; design Power BI views for portfolio QA and progress tracking.
- Regulator engagement: Steward permit reviews and issuance with agencies; prepare response-to-comments, negotiation support, and public participation materials for high-stakes permits and submittals.
- Portfolio and assurance: Design compliance assurance frameworks linking permit conditions, monitoring/recordkeeping, and periodic reports; implement applicability matrices and evidence folders that are audit-ready.
- Mentoring and upskilling: Coach CL1–CL2 staff on emissions calculations, TRI thresholds, chemical nomenclature/stoichiometry, SDS interpretation, and QA practices; run training and peer-learning cycles with structured feedback.
- Project and program leadership: Lead cross-region technical workstreams, set scopes and review gates, and ensure delivery to scope/budget/schedule/quality; support proposal technical scoping and content.
Primary Deliverables
- Regulator-ready permit applications with complete narratives, calculations, BACT/LAER justifications, modeling input/output crosswalks, and comment-response packages.
- Comprehensive emissions inventories and compliance reports (AERR, Title V, MACT/NESHAP, TRI, Tier II, IED/national), with calculation trace files, QA/QC logs, and evidence folders.
- Standardized calculation templates and SOPs for permitting, TRI/Tier II thresholds and releases, and cross-dataset reconciliations; portfolio dashboards for accuracy and timeliness.
- Technical training materials on emissions estimation, chemical stoichiometry, SDS interpretation, and TRI applicability; documented mentoring plans and competency rubrics.
Leadership Expectations
- Technical excellence: Act as the final technical authority for emissions estimation, TRI thresholds/releases, control technology assessments, and modeling inputs/interpretation; maintain ERM’s libraries and best-practice notes.
- People leadership: Serve as mentor and reviewer for junior/mid-level consultants; delegate effectively; cultivate a learning culture emphasizing precision, patience, and documentation discipline for TRI/Tier II and emissions work.
- Quality and risk: Own QA/QC processes across portfolios; perform audits of calculations and data transformations; ensure deliverables meet regulator expectations and withstand external scrutiny.
- Client and stakeholder stewardship: Build trusted relationships with client technical leads and regulators; align permitting/compliance strategy to maintain client operating flexibility while meeting obligations.
- Practice development: Grow EPCRA/TRI and air compliance programs; contribute to proposals, scopes, and solutioning; share cross-regional best practices and innovations in digital compliance.
Technical Scope and Methods
- Permitting: Title V renewals/modifications, PSD/NSR, state construction permits, EMEA IED/national permits; applicability analyses; BACT/LAER; control technology selection; modeling input validation and narrative alignment.
- Reporting: AERR, Title V deviations/monitoring, MACT/NESHAP periodic, state emissions statements, TRI Form R/NA and Tier II, IED/national reporting; audit programs and corrective action tracking.
- EPCRA expertise: TRI applicability thresholds, activity/percentage composition, de minimis exemptions, supplier notification, PFAS/PBT considerations, and complex mixtures for chemical and refining sectors.
- Data/Tools: Advanced Excel (array formulas, VBA, data cleanup), Power BI dashboards, Access or equivalent for dataset management, compliance platforms (Cority, ACTS) for workflow and records.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Environmental, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or related; advanced credentials (QEP, PE, PMP) preferred.
- Experience: 10–15+ years in EHS/air quality consulting with strong exposure to industrial sectors and complex production environments; senior experience in permitting, EPCRA/TRI portfolios, and QA reviews.
- Chemical competency: Ability to interpret chemical nomenclature and reactions, perform stoichiometric conversions, and extract key chemicals from SDS to support threshold/release calculations.
- Software: Advanced Excel mandatory; Power BI and Access desired; familiarity with AERMOD/CALPUFF/ADMS inputs/outputs, and environmental compliance platforms.
- Attributes: Exceptional attention to detail and patience for TRI/Tier II and calculation-intensive tasks; ability to manage multiple programs to strict deadlines; strong written/oral communication for technical audiences.