Managing Consultant, Land Use & Visual Impact Planner

Are you a seasoned leader ready to guide complex, high-visibility infrastructure projects that shape the future of North America's energy landscape? At ERM, you'll direct multidisciplinary teams, influence strategic siting and permitting decisions, and ensure the technical integrity of work that drives meaningful environmental outcomes.
Why This Role Matters
As energy infrastructure expands to meet growing demand for reliability and resilience, thoughtful land use planning and visual impact evaluation are essential. ERM is seeking a Managing Consultant, Land Use & Visual Impact Planner to help clients navigate complex siting environments, regulatory pathways, and stakeholder expectations. Your expertise will strengthen ERM's ability to deliver trusted assessments that enable responsible development across North America.
What Your Impact Is
In this role, you will:

• Lead environmental planning, impact assessments, and permitting for major infrastructure initiatives.
• Produce high-quality Visual Impact Assessments (VIAs) and technical reports that stand up to regulatory and stakeholder review.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams-including GIS, visual simulation specialists, and technical experts-to deliver clear, defensible analyses.
• Serve as a strategic partner to clients, helping them solve problems, anticipate challenges, and advance their projects with confidence.
• Mentor emerging planners and analysts, strengthening ERM's technical bench and collaborative team culture.

What You'll Bring
Required

• BA/BS in Environmental Studies, Planning, Geography, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Science, or related field.
• 5-10 years of consulting experience in environmental impact assessment, permitting, and visual analysis.
• Proven success managing project scopes, schedules, budgets, and client relationships.
• Exceptional technical writing and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret maps, schematics, and site layouts.
• Familiarity with NEPA, federal and state regulatory frameworks, and agency-specific VIA methodologies (e.g., BLM, FHWA, USFS, BOEM).
• Driver's License Required: This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel (10-15%) to various client locations across a large geographical area.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

• MA/MS in a relevant discipline.
• Professional certifications such as PE, CEP, AICP, or similar.
• Experience supporting or leading business development initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to environmental impact assessments, land planning, facility siting, and permitting for large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.
• Produce, manage, and review Visual Impact Assessments (VIAs) and related technical deliverables.
• Coordinate and integrate work from multidisciplinary teams to ensure technical accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Serve as a task manager or project manager, overseeing budgets, timelines, and quality standards.
• Mentor technical staff and foster a collaborative, high-performing project environment.
• Conduct site visits and maintain direct client communication to support successful project delivery.

For the Managing Consultant, Land Use & Visual Impact Planner position, the anticipated annual base pay is $79,395-$101,693 (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 world's 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.
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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!
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