Position: Sustainability/ESG Consultant
Title: Assistant Project Manager
Pay Range: $85,000-$100,000
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Location: Remote (Anywhere in US)
Are you highly motivated, hard-working, and seeking to join a growth-focused environmental consulting firm? Are you looking for a company that will invest in your development and grow your professional skills? If so, consider a career with Apex.
Powered by record sales, extraordinary client retention, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing environmental consulting firms in the US. We take pride in keeping our clients happy and have earned numerous awards for project excellence. We continue to grow, and we want you to grow with us.
Job Responsibilities as a Consultant in ESG:
Support Apex’s growing Sustainability and ESG Consulting Services Practice. The Sustainability/ESG Assistant Project Manager will support the Practice’s consulting work on initiatives including, but not limited to the items listed below. Successful candidates for this role enjoy math, are comfortable working with large datasets, and are proficient in performing basic quantitative analysis.
- Support and manage a variety of sustainability projects for external clients
- Sustainability metrics verification and assurance – manage and conduct verification/assurance of corporate sustainability reporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data under several standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD, CDP, etc.)
- 3rd-party verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3) following internal procedures and external standards and guidelines
- Create inventory management plans for greenhouse gases and other sustainability/ESG metrics
- Develop sustainability inventories, such as GHG, water, and waste for stakeholder and public reporting
- Support technical lead in monitoring and communicating developing market trends, and regulatory changes to clients and internal stakeholders
- Assist in the establishment of goals, targets, and KPI’s for organizations and management teams
- Support in the evaluation of climate change risks and opportunities and conduct a variety of quantitative policy analyses
- Support Science-Based targets setting, conduct quantitative climate scenario analysis
- Review project work performed by staff consultants
- Support development of project budgets
- Support and lead ESG projects
- Communicate effectively with project teams in a primarily virtual environment
- Engage teams across our client’s business on multiple ESG topics and datasets within the same project scope
- Operate independently under the workflow management of senior technical project managers on the team
- Organize and maintain project data for record-keeping, internal audit and quality assurance
- Identify, obtain, and maintain credentials as the sustainability industry evolves and to meet client and company needs
Why you'll love working with us:
- Company-subsidized medical and dental
- Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability
- 401k match, tuition assistance, and more
- Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects
- Performance-based bonuses or other incentives
- Working with the best and brightest in the industry
- 1,500+ employee national firm with 50+ locations across the US
Qualifications we seek:
Apex recognizes that a variety of professional backgrounds can be successful in this role and encourages candidates who possess many, if not all, of the qualifications listed below to apply.
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field, including but not limited to: Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainability, Geology, Geography, Environmental Science, Data Science, Economics, Business, or Public Policy
- 4+ years of experience in sustainability assurance
- Strong quantitative analysis skills.
- Strong communication and technical writing skills.
- Ability to successfully balance competing project deadlines.
- Experience with data management and report preparation.
- Attention to detail and strong time-management skills.
- Safety awareness and a good record and understanding of safe work practices.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel.
- Ability to record important information accurately and concisely so that it can be recalled correctly at a later date.
- Travel approximately 5-10%
Apex Companies, LLC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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