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
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or similar). Or equivalent 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.
- 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
- 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, the anticipated annual 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 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 sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.
At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to 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 experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and 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 advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.
Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.
ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Thank you for your interest in ERM!
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