Principal Consultant- M&A, Infrastructure Technical Due Diligence

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. ERM calls this capability its “boots to boardroom” approach - a comprehensive service model that helps organizations to accelerate the integration of sustainability into their strategy and operations.

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. Recognized as the #1 Advisor by Deal Value in 2023 in Europe by InfraLogic and the Energy Transition Technical Advisor of the Year by Inspiratia, we have established ourselves as the go-to partner for navigating any investment or acquisition challenge.

Our comprehensive suite of solutions serves as a versatile “one-stop-shop” for our clients, empowering them to overcome even the most complex challenges with confidence. We work closely with our clients to develop customized solutions to meet their needs, whether they are exploring a potential investment, navigating an acquisition or seeking opportunities in the energy transition landscape.

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.

You will have experience in the infrastructure and/or energy sectors ideally with experience supporting transaction due diligence assignments that capture an understanding of technical, commercial, and economic drivers of infrastructure private finance 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:

REQUIREMENTS:

• 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.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS:

To apply for this role at ERM, you should provide evidence/demonstrate the following essential skills, and desirable skills/attributes where possible.

Essential

• 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, relating to points such as asset integrity, operational performance, management systems and business plans;
• 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, supporting business case preparation, and budgeting.

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.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance.

ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.

Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation.

With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.

Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it).

Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action.

At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.