Consulting Associate, Industrial Hygiene

About the role

Launch Your Career in Industrial Hygiene Consulting While Making Workplaces Safer and Healthier

At ERM, your early career is more than a job, it is an opportunity to build technical expertise, work alongside industry-leading professionals, and make a meaningful impact on worker health, safety, and environmental performance. We are seeking a Consulting Associate, Industrial Hygiene to join our Indianapolis, Indiana office and support our Site Investigation and Remediation (SIR) service.

In this role, you will contribute to a diverse range of occupational health, industrial hygiene, and environmental health and safety (EHS) projects across industrial, commercial, and manufacturing sectors. You'll gain hands-on field experience, strengthen your consulting and project management skills, and help clients identify and manage workplace health risks while supporting regulatory compliance and operational excellence.

Why This Role Matters?

Healthy and safe workplaces are essential to protecting people, supporting business operations, and maintaining regulatory compliance. As an Consulting Associate, Industrial Hygiene, you will help organizations identify workplace hazards, evaluate exposures, and implement solutions that improve employee health and safety. Your work will directly contribute to safer working environments while supporting clients across a variety of industries in meeting their environmental, health, and safety objectives.

This role offers a unique opportunity to learn from experienced industrial hygienists and EHS professionals, build your technical capabilities, and develop trusted client relationships as you grow your consulting career.

In this role, you will

• Deliver high-quality industrial hygiene assessments and technical reports.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and project teams.
• Consistently apply health and safety best practices.
• Develop increasing responsibility for project execution and client management.
• Progress toward advanced technical expertise and professional certifications such as CIH.
• Support workplace health and safety initiatives that positively impact employees and organizations.
• Contribute to solving complex occupational health and exposure assessment challenges across a variety of industries.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Recent graduate to 1 year of industrial hygiene, occupational health, or EHS consulting experience.
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations, NIOSH sampling methodologies, industrial hygiene principles, and exposure assessment techniques.
• Experience conducting field sampling and monitoring.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• 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.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• CIH designation in progress or intent to pursue certification.
• Experience in consulting environments.
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification.
• OSHA 10-Hour or OSHA 30-Hour certification.
• Experience with noise dosimetry, air sampling, and indoor air quality investigations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, energy, or chemical sector clients.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to technical quality.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Commitment to safety and client service excellence.
• Team-oriented mindset with a willingness to learn and grow professionally.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct industrial hygiene assessments and exposure monitoring.
• Perform workplace health and safety inspections and audits.
• Assist with development and implementation of industrial hygiene sampling plans.
• Operate and maintain industrial hygiene monitoring equipment.
• Analyze field data and prepare technical reports, recommendations, and client deliverables.
• Support OSHA compliance assessments and health and safety program evaluations.
• Assist in conducting hazard assessments and exposure risk evaluations.
• Coordinate field activities with clients, contractors, laboratories, and internal project teams.
• Support proposal preparation, budgeting, and project planning activities.
• Travel to client locations for field work as required.