Managing Consultant - Water Services (Mid-Senior Level) at Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

• This is an opportunity for a hydrogeologist at mid-career level to take real ownership of projects, managing delivery, directing junior team members, and building client relationships, within a global sustainability leader. 

What you'll do 

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of groundwater scopes: planning, budgets, programme, client liaison and quality of output 
• Deliver aquifer-scale groundwater resource assessments, including conceptual site models, recharge and yield estimation, abstraction and dewatering assessment, aquifer testing and interpretation, and groundwater quality characterisation 
• Prepare groundwater specialist studies and management plans for ESIAs, in line with international best practice and country-specific requirements 
• Deliver groundwater components of environmental and social due diligence for transactions, including contamination and abstraction risk 
• Contribute to corporate water risk and stewardship work, including site and catchment water risk analysis 
• Provide first-line technical direction and review to junior consultants, and mentor them as they develop 
• Support proposals, technical scoping and cost estimating, and maintain client relationships to build repeat business 

What you'll bring 

• Bachelor's degree with Honours (Master's beneficial) in Hydrogeology, Geohydrology, Geology or a related earth science 
• Seven or more years' consulting experience in hydrogeology, including hands-on delivery of aquifer-scale groundwater resource assessments 
• Practical experience delivering groundwater studies for ESIAs prepared to lender standards, with a working understanding of the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles 
• Demonstrated project management in a multi-project environment, managing scope, budget and programme, and coordinating input from others 
• Strong written and verbal communication, including report writing for technical and non-technical audiences 
• Registration with SACNASP, or eligibility to register 
• Willingness to travel within Africa for fieldwork and client work 

Advantageous 

• Experience in the mining sector, particularly mine water, dewatering or closure 
• Numerical groundwater modelling capability, for example MODFLOW, FEFLOW or equivalent 
• Interest in corporate sustainability and water stewardship, including reporting frameworks such as CSRD, TNFD, AWS and CDP