ERM

Managing Consultant, Land Services Project Manager

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Full time

Are you a seasoned project manager ready to lead high‑impact land and capital projects at scale? At ERM, this role offers the opportunity to step into a visible leadership position—guiding multidisciplinary teams, strengthening client relationships, and delivering complex land services solutions across the United States for some of the world’s leading organizations.

ERM is seeking an experienced and motivated Land Services Project Manager to join our growing Capital Project Delivery (CPD) team in the Mid‑Atlantic Region. This is an opportunity to deepen your leadership impact while advancing your career with a global sustainability and environmental consulting leader.

Why This Role Matters?

Land access, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory navigation are essential to successful capital projects. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring projects move forward responsibly, on schedule, and with community and client trust at the forefront—supporting energy, infrastructure, and industrial developments nationwide.

What Your Impact Is:

  • Lead and manage multiple land services projects from planning through delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations are met.

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to clients—building long‑term relationships while identifying opportunities to support evolving project needs.

  • Act as a key liaison between clients, property owners, land agents, and project stakeholders to ensure clear communication and positive outcomes.

  • Mentor and guide project teams, supporting collaboration, workflow planning, and professional growth.

  • Contribute to ERM’s continued growth through proposal development, strategic planning, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Bring:

Required

  • 4+ years required (8–12 years preferred) of consulting experience with demonstrated responsibility for project management, relationship management, and team leadership.

  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while coordinating cohesive delivery teams.

  • Strong technical competence in land services, title research, valuation studies (excluding appraisals), permitting, or related activities.

  • Experience developing and maintaining long‑term client relationships.

  • Well‑developed leadership, influencing, and collaboration skills, with a reputation for integrity and professionalism.

  • Ability to work independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

  • 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 to various client locations across a large geographical area.

  • Strong commitment to safety and compliance.

  • This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting capital projects across energy, infrastructure, or industrial sectors.

  • Demonstrated success in developing or implementing growth strategies.

  • Prior experience supervising land agents, subcontractors, or technical support staff.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage multiple projects, ensuring deliverables meet client expectations for scope, budget, schedule, and quality.

  • Develop proposals, scopes of work, budgets, project plans, schedules, and progress reports.

  • Oversee or review deed and title research, land valuation studies, permitting applications, and related documentation.

  • Support preparation and submission of permits, licenses, and bonds (e.g., road/rail crossings, building permits, hauling permits).

  • Investigate and support resolution of damage claims, assessments, and settlement negotiations.

  • Supervise and coordinate support staff, land agents, and subcontractors.

  • Support workflow planning, resource allocation, budget tracking, and financial reporting.

  • Monitor project financial performance and provide regular updates to stakeholders.

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.

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!