Managing Consultant, Project Manager (Capital Project Delivery)

Shape Canada’s Most Complex Environmental Projects Into Real World Impact ‑World Impact

As a Managing Consultant​, Project Manager (Capital Project Delivery) with ERM - one of the world’s leading sustainability and environmental consulting firms - you’ll play a key role in advancing projects that shape the future of mining, energy, and environmental stewardship across Canada. This is a high visibility opportunity for a project leader who thrives in multidisciplinary environments, enjoys solving complex challenges, and is advancing in a project management career path. This position is ideally based in Calgary, Vancouver, or Whitehorse ; however, qualified candidates located in Kimberley, Fernie, Sparwood (BC), or the Crowsnest Pass (AB) will also be considered.

Why This Role Matters

ERM’s clients rely on us to guide major initiatives with environmental, health, safety, social, and risk considerations at the forefront. As a Project Manager, Capital Project Delivery, you’ll provide essential leadership support, ensuring that high-profile, multistakeholder projects are delivered with precision, quality, strong client engagement and disciplined project management. Your work strengthens both the technical execution and the client trust that ERM is known for globally.

What Your Impact Is

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in guiding mining, energy, and environmental stewardship projects from early proposal development through to final report completion. You’ll help bring clarity and structure to complex environmental initiatives by coordinating multidisciplinary teams so that each project advances with purpose and accountability. Your ability to translate client goals into actionable plans will directly influence how schedules are designed, budgets are managed, logistics are coordinated, and high-quality outcomes are delivered for defined scopes of work.

You’ll work directly with clients to understand what they are trying to achieve and help steer technical teams toward solutions that meet those expectations, escalating risks as appropriate. Your grounding in project controls will be essential in keeping work on track, on budget, and aligned with commitments.

Your contributions will extend beyond project mechanics. You’ll support a broad range of environmental projects, champion a strong culture of health and safety, and help foster collaboration across ERM’s internal networks. In doing so, you’ll become part of a global community of practitioners working together to tackle some of the most meaningful environmental and social challenges facing our clients.

What You’ll Bring

Required

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, or related field.

4+ years of consulting experience in environmental or related technical disciplines.

Experience in the mining and / or energy sector.

Proven ability to coordinate and manage environmental scopes of work.

Detailed oriented with strong communication, organizational, and time management skills.

Ability to work independently while aligning with internal governance and direction.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Ability to multitask and work effectively in a deadline driven environment with minimal supervision.

Demonstrated competence with core project management practices (change management, risk management, quality management, financial tracking).

Demonstrated financial literacy, with the ability to lead project controls activities such as budget tracking, cost forecasting, invoicing support, and understanding project financial performance.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

Experience developing and managing project schedules, including dependencies and critical path.

Experience with project scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet).

Experience managing environmental, regulatory, permitting, and / or field programs.

Field data collection experience (wildlife, terrestrial ecology, soils, wetlands, aquatic biology, hydrology).

Project Management Professional (PMP), or other related certification, is also an advantage.

Bilingual in English and French and / or Spanish.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure strong health and safety planning and execution practices

Independently manage assigned scopes across multiple deadline driven projects‑driven projects

Lead routine client communications to clarify needs, objectives, and progress

Manage projects from proposal development through reporting while following ERM governance

Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality project outputs‑quality project outputs

Track budgets, complete invoicing and apply ERM financial management processes

Develop and maintain detailed project schedules

Support proposal development and cost estimation

Work across diverse projects with varying scopes, budgets, and timelines

Compile, review, and contribute to technical data analysis and report preparation

Coordinate subcontractors and associated logistics

Plan and coordinate fieldwork schedules

Build strong collaborative working relationships across ERM teams

For the Managing Consultant​, Project Manager (Capital Project Delivery) position, the anticipated annual base pay is $93,500–$119,999 (CAD) . 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.

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainabilitychallengesand unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse,equitableand inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our companya great placeto 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 expertssupportsclients across the breadth of theirorganizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technicalexpertisein addressing their environmental, health, safety,riskand 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 advanceobjectiveson the ground or at the executive level.

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