ERM

Consulting Senior Associate, Technical Due Diligence / Infrastructure

ERM  •  $74k/yr  •  Houston, TX (Hybrid)  •  6 days ago
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Job Description

You’ve built a strong technical foundation in engineering or infrastructure—and now you're ready to apply it where it truly drives investment decisions and shapes major projects.

At ERM, as a Consulting Senior Associate, Technical Due Diligence / Infrastructure, based in Houston, TX or Manhattan, NY, you’ll work at the intersection of engineering, sustainability, and finance—helping global clients make smarter, more sustainable investment choices.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. As the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy, we partner with leading organizations to solve complex challenges and unlock opportunities that deliver value today while protecting future generations.

Why This Role Matters?

Growing demand for sustainable infrastructure investments requires rigorous, insight-driven due diligence. This role is critical in helping investors and operators understand technical risks, operational performance, and long-term value—ensuring smarter, more resilient investment decisions across infrastructure and energy assets.

What Your Impact Is:

  • Support high-profile transaction advisory projects for infrastructure funds, private equity firms, banks, and energy companies
  • Contribute to buy-side, sell-side, and project financing due diligence that influences major investment outcomes
  • Help expand ERM’s Infrastructure M&A service line, strengthening our position in a fast-growing market
  • Collaborate with a global network of 80+ M&A consultants, SMEs, and Partners
  • Deliver insights that balance technical rigor, commercial viability, and sustainability considerations

What You'll Bring:

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or similar). Orequivalent experience.
  • 1–2 years of experience in technical consulting, engineering, or operations within energy or infrastructure sectors
  • Strong ability to analyze technical documentation and identify risks/opportunities related to:
    • Asset integrity
    • Operational performance
    • Management systems
    • Business plans
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Strong report writing and presentation skills
  • High attention to quality and commitment to delivering accurate, client-ready outputs
  • Experience understanding and breaking down process flow diagrams.
  • This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

  • Master’s degree in Engineering
  • Experience managing or supporting complex, multi-workstream projects
  • Exposure to technical due diligence or transaction advisory
  • Corporate finance qualification or strong commercial awareness
  • Understanding of Capex and Opex cost structures for infrastructure and energy assets
  • Bilingual in Spanish
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for site visits

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the development of proposals, including scopes of work, schedules, and commercial terms
  • Execute technical due diligence projects, providing operational, technical, and business plan evaluations
  • Coordinate project activities, including:
    • Q&A processes
    • Management sessions
    • Client meetings
    • Final report delivery
  • Collaborate with ERM’s technical experts and external SMEs to deliver integrated project outcomes
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of the Infrastructure M&A service line
  • Maintain high standards of quality, consistency, and client communication throughout project delivery

For the Consulting Senior Associate, Technical Due Diligence / Infrastructure position, theanticipatedannual base pay is $74,000–$100,058(USD) Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees arenot bonuseligible).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.

Note Bonuses, commissions, and other forms ofadditionalcompensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainabilitychallengesand unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse,equitableand inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our companya great placeto build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class expertssupportsclients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technicalexpertisein addressing their environmental, health, safety,riskand social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advanceobjectiveson the ground or at the executive level.

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Thank you for your interest in ERM!

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About ERM

Sustainability is our business. 

As the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, deploying a unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. This approach helps clients to accelerate the integration of sustainability at every level of their business. 

With more than 50 years of experience, ERM’s diverse team of 8000+ experts in 40 countries and territories helps clients create innovative solutions to their sustainability challenges, unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.  

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
erm.com
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