Lead High‑Impact Infrastructure Transactions Shaping a More Sustainable Future
In a rapidly evolving market where sustainability, infrastructure resilience, and responsible investment intersect, this Manhattan-based role places you at the center of high‑value transactions influencing the global energy and infrastructure landscape. As a Principal Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions, with ERM—the world’s largest pure‑play sustainability consultancy—you will guide major investors, infrastructure operators, and financial institutions as they evaluate and invest in assets that power the future.
You won’t just advise on deals—you’ll shape them. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, deliver technical excellence, strengthen client relationships, and drive the continued expansion of our fast‑growing M&A Infrastructure service line.
Why This Role Matters
ERM’s M&A Infrastructure team is experiencing significant growth as client demand accelerates across technical, ESG, and EHS due diligence. With 50+ specialists already supporting global transactions, we are scaling to meet increasing demand from infrastructure funds, private equity firms, investment banks, and energy companies.
As a Principal Consultant, you play a crucial role in delivering complex, high‑impact due diligence projects, ensuring quality, and advancing ERM’s strategic vision. Your leadership helps clients understand operational, technical, and commercial risks, enabling responsible and profitable investments.
What Your Impact Is
What You’ll Bring
Key Responsibilities
For the Principal Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions, position, the anticipated annual base pay is $130,000–$169,426 (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 are not bonus eligible).
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 of additional compensation 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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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.
