Job Description

Hybrid-based position in Boston, MA; Westford, MA; Hartford, CT; or Portland, ME office.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. No sponsorship is available for this position.

Ramboll is seeking a full-time Lead Consultant to join our CST team and support data center clients with site selection, environmental and technical due diligence, civil/site development review, feasibility assessment, and early-stage project planning. The successful candidate will combine assistant project management capabilities with a civil engineering background to help coordinate multidisciplinary due diligence assignments and evaluate site development considerations. This position can be based in any of our New England offices: Boston, Hartford, Portland, or Westford. Our New England offices put you at a crossroads of vibrant cities, coastal and forested landscapes, and active communities tackling real-world environmental challenges.

Your new role

As our new Lead Consultant, you will serve in an assistant project manager role for data center projects from early site screening through due diligence and conceptual planning. Working closely with project managers, technical specialists, and client teams, you will coordinate multidisciplinary inputs; track scope, schedule, budget, actions, and deliverables; and help maintain clear communication across the project team. You will also apply your civil engineering background to review conceptual master plans and evaluate site access, grading, stormwater, utilities, earthwork, and other site development considerations. To succeed in this role, you should be highly organized, technically grounded, detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Support project managers in delivering complex data center due diligence assignments by assisting with scope, schedule, budget, staffing, deliverables, and client expectations.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, maintain project schedules, track action items and information requests, and provide status updates to ensure timely project execution.
• Support client meetings and communications by preparing materials, documenting decisions, tracking follow-up actions, and contributing to progress updates.
• Review site development concepts, including master plans, test fits, civil/site constraints, utilities, grading, stormwater management, permitting considerations, and other technical factors to support due diligence recommendations.
• Prepare and quality-review client-ready reports, risk summaries, proposals, work plans, cost estimates, and technical deliverables while supporting multiple concurrent data center projects and site visits.

Qualifications

About you

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, geology, chemistry, physics, biology, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred. Environmental engineering candidates should have demonstrated civil/site development or land development experience.
• Minimum of five years of relevant consulting experience, including civil/site development, due diligence, land development, or multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Experience supporting project management activities, including scope, schedule, budget, meeting coordination, action tracking, and deliverable management.
• Working knowledge of site development principles, including grading, drainage, stormwater management, utilities, earthwork, development constraints, permitting, and interpretation of conceptual site plans, Civil 3D drawings, surveys, and technical studies.
• Strong technical writing, organization, communication, problem-solving, and client-service skills; experience with CAD, Civil 3D, Bluebeam, GIS, data centers, mission-critical, industrial projects, and/or EIT or PE credentials preferred.

Additional Information

What we can offer you

• Interesting and diverse projects
• The opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest professionals in your field
• Flexible work arrangements
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent health and retirement benefits
• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Appreciation for the unique person you are
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects

Salary Transparency Statement

At Ramboll, we are committed to fair and transparent compensation practices that support our people and our purpose of creating sustainable societies. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $82,500 - $107,000 per year. This range reflects the compensation we reasonably expect to offer at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and internal equity. Because we operate across multiple U.S. markets, pay may differ depending on the cost of labor in specific locations. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for bonus, overtime or other forms of compensation and we offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports well-being, professional development, and work-life balance. Our recruiters are happy to share more about the specific salary range and total rewards package applicable to your location during the hiring process.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application with your up-to-date CV. We invite diversity in all its forms and encourage applicants from all groups to apply.

Thank you for taking the time to apply! We look forward to receiving your application.