Principal Consultant, Environmental & Governance - Mining

If youre a seasoned consultant who thrives at the intersection of strategic advisory, environmental governance, and industry transformationespecially across the mining and metals value chainthis is a rare opportunity to shape the future of responsible supply chains while influencing clients at the highest levels. Why This Role Matters Mining and metals companies face unprecedented shiftsfrom global sustainability pressures to emerging responsible sourcing standards. ERM is seeking a Principal Consultant, Environment & Governance - Mining in either Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Reno or Elko, who will help industryleading clients navigate these forces with clarity, strategy, and confidence. Your expertise will guide organizations toward responsible operations, stronger governance frameworks, and more sustainable performance across complex supply chains. This role blends highimpact project delivery with involvement in commercial strategy alongside ERMs senior leadership. It offers significant visibility, global reach, and a fasttrack pathway to expanded leadership. What Your Impact Is In this position, you will: Shape enterpriselevel management systems for global mining and metals organizations. Translate emerging standards and expectationssuch as IRMA, TSM, ASI, Copper Mark, and ResponsibleSteelinto actionable business solutions. Build trusted relationships with corporate leaders while delivering insights that influence strategic direction. Lead multidisciplinary project teams and ensure exceptional quality across all deliverables. Support local, national, and international clients on complex sustainability challenges without being tied to heavy travel. Help propel ERMs growth by contributing to market strategies, proposals, and integrated service offerings. What Youll Bring Required Bachelors degree (hard sciences preferred). 6+ years of relevant professional experience. Background in mining, metals, or refiners/smelters industries. Working knowledge of mining/metal supply chain requirements. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor deliverables for executives and sitelevel audiences. Experience in corporate strategy, organizational design, and/or process optimization. Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills. Proven success managing multiple projects in a fastpaced consulting environment. Ability to work independently, travel as needed, and meet tight deadlines. A positive, clientfocused attitude with a drive to deliver excellence and grow the business. Preferred MBA, joint masters degree, or relevant environmental certification. Lead Auditor/Practitioner status in ISO 14001, SA 8000, APSCA, or CSCA. Experience in data analysis, modeling, or data visualization. Experience managing technical teams on complex, multidisciplinary projects. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and enhance enterprisewide management systems, programs, policies, and standards with a focus on the mining/minerals supply chain. Build deep expertise across responsible mining frameworks such as IRMA, TSM, ASI, RMI, ICMM, Copper Mark, and ResponsibleSteel. Maintain strong technical knowledge of environmental compliance, emerging legislation, and stakeholderdriven initiatives. Conduct interviews and assessments at corporate, division, and site levels; deliver presentations, trainings, and workshops. Manage multiple projects to scope, schedule, and budget while ensuring highquality deliverables. Analyze complex data and distill insights into clear, concise executiveready takeaways. Develop client-facing perspectives, gotomarket strategies, and proposals. Cultivate and expand client relationships across the full spectrum of ERM services. Promote ERMs culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement. For the Principal Consultant, Environmental & Governance position, the anticipated annual base pay is $124,157$154,491 (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible). We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees. Note: Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures. Who We Are: As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the worlds leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations. At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our boots to boardroom approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level. Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Thank you for your interest in ERM! #LI-CVC #LI-Hybrid At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the worlds largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the worlds leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERMs purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a boots to boardroom leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. 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