What it does: The company provides environmental, health, safety, risk, and social consulting services and sustainability related services.
Mission: To operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues.
Size and presence: Has 3,300 professional staff, 137 offices in 39 countries, and projects in 170 countries.
Best known for: The largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, partnering with the world's leading organizations to create innovative solutions.
The good bits: ERM is very client-driven and they hire the best. ERM has a great safety-conscious culture and offer excellent benefits and compensation for professional administration staff (consultant pay is competitive).
The not so good bits: Terrible work-life balance and a lack of job security.
ERM established a presence in Australia in 1994 and has since grown to seven offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle, Canberra and Adelaide.
Offices have been strategically located to service Australia's key political, financial, manufacturing, mining and agricultural centers and our key clients.
ERM's Australian operations differentiates itself from others in our market by providing a diverse mix of environmental, social and business consulting skills which provide cradle to grave services across a range of clients. This diversity provides a unique point of difference by allowing our Australian operations to function as part of large infrastructure alliances while also providing environmental approvals, management and compliance and contaminated site management to large engineering organizations as well as work for local and multinational organizations.
The breadth of our experience enables us to provide full life cycle services to our clients, both at the corporate level and facilities level providing insight into our clients organizations that few of our competitors can rival.
We have a reputation for doing high quality work with over 50% of our work coming from repeat business.
Clients all over the world call on ERM to help them respond to complex sustainability ambitions like building business resilience, supporting the transition to a low-carbon future, or enabling progress on ESG priorities.
Our singular focus on sustainability, our range of services, and “boots to boardroom” approach ensure that we can work alongside our clients to address their most pressing challenges and opportunities, whether they require focused technical attention or full top-to-bottom strategy and solutions.
ERM has more than fifty years of experience operationalizing sustainability for clients. Our breadth and depth of expertise and ability to integrate solutions across organizations are why many of the world’s leading organizations partner with us as their trusted advisors.
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.
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 ERM’s 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.
ERM actively recruits throughout the year and across the globe and we want to hear from qualified individuals who feel they can successfully contribute to a leading global consulting environment. We are looking for individuals who share this dedication to excellence and have the experience to work with some of the leading organizations in industry sectors such as oil & gas, mining, power and chemicals.
If you have an academic major(s) or career experience in areas such as client and account management, business development, technical service delivery, professional support or in another relevant industry field of expertise and have an inherent interest in understanding and managing the sustainability challenges that the world is increasingly facing, then we want to hear from you.
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.
ERM employees have the opportunity to reach their full potential and enjoy a long and rewarding career with the company. We invest in the future of our people through a focus on learning and development. ERM provides opportunities for ongoing learning across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business and personal growth.
Every new employee completes a number of mandatory training and local on-boarding activities to ensure they are safe and compliant with the requirements and policies of ERM, our clients and related legislation. We have developed a dedicated Discover ERM portal to support integration of new employees and the continued education of existing staff; an important part of our learning and development program from the start.
Developing a growth mind-set as you go about your work every day will make a huge difference to your career. We will support your pursuit of personal development and equip you as you take new opportunities, learn new skills, and expand your capabilities so that you, and therefore ERM, can be the best you can possibly be.
Your learning journey will be supported through development programs delivered by our global and regional learning team, online via the ERM Academy and development conversations with your Line Manager. We facilitate knowledge sharing in technical areas through lunchtime sessions and webinars and engagement in Technical and Functional Communities alongside some of our world class technical experts to grow your capabilities for business success.
Whether you are a new consultant starting your career, in a professional support role essential to the smooth running of the business, or a Partner looking to grow your skills and further your abilities, there are many opportunities at ERM to continuously develop through our blended approach to learning. We want to make sure you have the opportunity to apply your capabilities, knowledge and skills to projects that provide you with both stretch and fulfilment.
The highest-paying job at Environmental Resources Management is a Managing Partner with a salary of $257,962 per year.
The lowest-paying job at Environmental Resources Management is an Administrative Assistant with a salary of $55,579 per year.
ERM supports economic growth and societal progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising opportunity for future generations.
At ERM, we understand how business and sustainability goals are inextricably linked and how this connection impacts our society and environment. We believe that businesses and societies must transform in order to thrive and compete. And while we commit to driving this transformation for all of our clients, we also believe that the work starts with our own commitments here at ERM.
Our “boots to boardroom” approach to operationalizing sustainability at any level of business helps us to fulfill these commitments and have impact on pressing business priorities around resilience, a low-carbon future, and progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.