How to apply for Principal, Human Health Risk Assessment, Community Health Impact Assessment, Emerging Contaminants

About Ramboll Management Consulting

Ramboll Management Consulting works on decarbonization and sustainable business models across global markets. The Global Health Sciences team is described as one of the industry's premier environmental health consulting practices. The role offers a chance to work with leading experts on environmental and public health challenges.

About the role

This principal role leads business development, client relationships, and technical delivery in human health risk assessment, community health impact assessment, and emerging contaminants. You will help clients navigate regulatory, legal, and stakeholder environments while building trusted advisor relationships with industry, government, and legal-sector clients. The position combines technical excellence, strategic leadership, and commercial responsibility, working across Health Sciences, Water, Site Solutions, Sustainability, and Environment & Health practices.

A typical day

A typical day might involve leading a client call on a human health risk assessment project, developing a proposal for an emerging contaminants opportunity, and coordinating with colleagues across Health Sciences, Water, and Site Solutions. You may also review technical work, mentor staff, or meet with legal-sector clients to navigate regulatory and stakeholder issues. The exact mix depends on project stages and business development priorities, so ask about team structure and daily expectations during interviews.

Who Ramboll Management Consulting is looking for

• Has deep technical expertise in human health risk assessment and community health impact assessment, including emerging contaminants.
• Has a track record of business development and client relationship management with industry, government, or legal-sector clients.
• Can lead and deliver complex environmental health projects across multiple practices and geographies.
• Is comfortable working in a hybrid or remote setting, with preference for candidates near Arlington, VA; Princeton, NJ; Boston, MA; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Oakland/San Francisco, CA; or Irvine/Los Angeles, CA.

Tips for this application

• Highlight specific experience with human health risk assessment and community health impact assessment, using concrete project examples and outcomes.
• Quantify business development results, such as revenue generated, clients won, or contracts managed, because the role includes commercial responsibility.
• Name any emerging contaminants you have worked on, such as PFAS or other contaminants of concern, to show relevant technical depth.
• Mention experience working with legal-sector clients or in regulatory and stakeholder environments, since the role involves navigating those contexts.
• If you are applying remotely, state your location and willingness to travel or work hybrid as needed, because Ramboll lists preferred hybrid locations but will consider remote.

What to cover in your cover letter

Emphasize your technical leadership in human health risk assessment and community health impact assessment. Describe your business development record and ability to build trusted advisor relationships. Explain how you have worked across disciplines such as water, site solutions, or sustainability. Show your understanding of Ramboll's focus on decarbonization and sustainable business models.

Research before applying

• Review Ramboll's Global Health Sciences team and any published work on human health risk assessment or community health impact assessment.
• Look into Ramboll's decarbonization and sustainable business model work to understand how health sciences fits into the broader company.
• Check the preferred office locations and any local environmental health regulations or markets that might affect the role.
• Find recent Ramboll projects or thought leadership on emerging contaminants to reference in your application or interview.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How would you lead business development for human health risk assessment and emerging contaminants in a competitive consulting market?
• Describe a complex environmental health project you delivered, including regulatory, legal, or stakeholder challenges and how you resolved them.
• What is your approach to building trusted advisor relationships with industry, government, and legal-sector clients?
• How do you stay current on emerging contaminants and evolving regulatory frameworks, and how do you translate that into client advice?
• Give an example of collaborating across practices such as Health Sciences, Water, Site Solutions, and Sustainability to win or deliver work.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Focusing only on technical delivery without showing business development or client relationship experience, since the role is commercial as well as technical.
• Using generic language about environmental health without naming specific contaminants, regulations, or project types relevant to this role.
• Ignoring the hybrid or remote location requirements and not clarifying your location or travel flexibility.