Managing Consultant - EHS Auditing

ERM México City is seeking a Managing Consultant to join the Sustainable Operations team in Mexico. This role is responsible for leading and executing complex Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) audits for national and international clients across diverse industry sectors. The successful candidate will serve as a technical lead, managing client relationships, overseeing project delivery, identifying compliance risks, and providing strategic recommendations to improve EHS performance and operational sustainability. This position combines extensive fieldwork with technical reporting, project management, and client engagement activities. The individual will play a key role in mentoring junior team members and contributing to the continued growth of ERM's auditing and risk management services.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and execute EHS compliance, management system, and corporate auditing projects. Assess compliance with Mexican environmental, health, and safety regulations, as well as corporate standards and international best practices. Plan, coordinate, and conduct site audits, inspections, interviews, and document reviews. Develop technical reports, audit findings, risk evaluations, and corrective action recommendations. Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring quality, schedule, and budget objectives are achieved. Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted technical advisor. Support proposal development and contribute to business development opportunities within the practice. Mentor, coach, and technically guide junior auditors and consultants. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across ERM offices and regions. Support clients in identifying opportunities to strengthen operational sustainability, risk management, and EHS performance.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, or a related discipline. 7-10 years of experience conducting EHS audits in industrial, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, mining, or similar sectors. Strong knowledge of Mexican environmental, health, and safety regulations. Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex audit projects. Experience preparing technical reports and presenting findings to clients and leadership teams. Experience mentoring, training, or supervising junior professionals. Strong project management and stakeholder management skills. English proficiency with strong written communication skills and the ability to participate in professional conversations. 50% availability for fieldwork and 50% for office-based work.

Preferred Qualifications

Lead Auditor certifications or formal auditing training. Experience conducting management system audits (ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or similar frameworks). Experience with multinational clients and corporate EHS programs. Knowledge of operational risk management and sustainability performance programs.

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. 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.

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.

If you would like more information about Diversity, Equity, Equality, and Inclusion (DE&I) at ERM, you can visit our website or read about our progress in the Sustainability Report 2026.

Thank you for your interest in ERM! At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s 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 world’s 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 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. 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. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.