Principal Consultant- M&A, Infrastructure Technical Due Diligence (Mid-Senior Level)

Principal Consultant- M&A, Infrastructure Technical Due Diligence (Mid-Senior Level)

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, ERM partners with the world's leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

ERM's diverse team of 8,000+ world-class experts in over 150 offices in 40 countries and territories combine strategic transformation and technical delivery to help clients operationalize sustainability at pace and scale.

As ERM continues its pursuit of a sustainable future through collaboration with top global organizations, there's a rising demand from investors looking to support the energy transition by pursuing new energy investments and funding renewable energy and clean energy technologies. This demand has fueled the growth of our Technical Due Diligence service.

As the market-leading provider of Technical Due Diligence services, we are proud to offer our clients an unparalleled range of professional advisory services. We have established ourselves as the go-to partner for navigating any investment or acquisition challenge.

ROLE PROFILE:

You will be working alongside Partners across the M&A, Sustainable Energy Solutions and Corporate Sustainability teams to offer Transaction Advisory Services to financial institutions and infrastructure operators. You will work closely with infrastructure funds, private equity firms, investment banks, and energy companies to deliver technical due diligence services on buy side, sell side, and project financing deals.

This role requires someone with a commercial mindset, combining strong consulting and business development skills, a solid technical foundation, and a track record of supporting high-performing teams to win and deliver world-class services and outcomes. The primary responsibilities for this role will be to:

• Delivery of proposals, which will include development of our company profile, scopes of work, scheduling and commercial terms;
• Assisting/leading on projects that provide our clients with a technical, operational and business plan evaluation of their proposed investment on infrastructure assets;
• Assisting/leading on the coordination of typical project deliverables such as Q&A submission, management sessions, client meetings and report delivery;
• Working effectively across technical communities within ERM and subcontractors who are identified as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support project delivery and client interaction;
• Completing internal development tasks to improve the functionality of the infrastructure service line.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A solid academic background with an engineering bias (Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Civil Engineering);
• Significant technical consulting and/or engineering (design or operations) experience during your career within the energy/infrastructure sectors;
• Strong technical skills and the ability to identify risks and opportunities within technical documentation, site visits and technical discussions;
• Demonstrates excellent organisational skills, self-motivation, self-sufficiency and the ability to work successfully in a fast turnaround team environment;
• Must be able to promote and execute quality work, and ensure high standards are being achieved by yourself and the team;
• Exhibit advanced report writing skills;
• Experience in a client-facing role;
• The ability to manage or assist with complex project delivery coordinating multiple workstreams into client deliverables.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in technical due diligence would be preferred but not essential;
• Engineering Chartership (or working towards);
• Corporate Finance qualification;
• Interest in domestic and overseas travel to perform site visits when required;
• Management of previous external client projects;
• Experience in developing and/or managing Capex (Capital Expenditure) and Opex (Operating Expenditure) for development projects or operating assets.

TO APPLY:

ERM aims to build an inclusive culture by identifying, acquiring, developing and retaining a highly skilled and high performing workforce that reflects the diverse global marketplace in which we operate, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious preference, sexual orientation, physical attributes, and educational background.