Lead the Future of Sustainable Infrastructure Transaction Advisory Services

Join ERM—the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy—and help shape the future of infrastructure investments. As a Managing Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions based in Houston, New York City, or Denver, you’ll play a strategic role in guiding financial institutions, infrastructure operators, and energy companies through complex deals that drive global sustainability. This is your opportunity to influence high-stakes decisions, deliver technical excellence, and unlock commercial opportunities that matter for generations to come.

Why This Role Matters

Infrastructure is the backbone of progress—and sustainability is its future. ERM’s M& A team is trusted by leading investors and operators to provide technical, ESG, and EHS due diligence on critical transactions. As demand for our expertise grows, we’re expanding our Infrastructure Service Line. Your leadership will ensure clients make informed, responsible investments that balance performance, risk, and long-term value.

What Your Impact Is

• Shape Investment Decisions: Provide technical, operational, and business plan evaluations for infrastructure assets in buy-side, sell-side, and project financing deals.
• Drive Strategic Growth: Lead proposals, define scopes of work, and develop commercial terms that strengthen ERM’s market position.
• Deliver Excellence: Coordinate complex deliverables—Q& A submissions, management sessions, client meetings, and reporting—while ensuring quality and timeliness.
• Collaborate Across Expertise: Work with ERM’s global technical communities and Subject Matter Experts to deliver best-in-class solutions.
• Innovate for the Future: Contribute to internal development initiatives that enhance the functionality and impact of our Infrastructure Service Line.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• Solid academic background with an engineering focus (Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical). Or equivalent experience.
• 6–8 years of technical consulting, engineering, or operational experience in energy/infrastructure sectors.
• Strong technical acumen to identify risks and opportunities in documentation, site visits, and technical discussions (asset integrity, operational performance, management systems, business plans).
• Exceptional organizational skills, self-motivation, and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality work and maintain rigorous standards.
• Advanced report writing and presentation skills; experience in client-facing roles.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

• Previous management of external client projects.
• Ability to lead complex projects and coordinate multiple workstreams.
• Experience in technical due diligence (preferred but not essential).
• Corporate finance qualification.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for site visits.
• Knowledge of current, reasonable costs associated with Capex (Capital Expense) and Opex (Operational Expense) for engineering assets/projects.
• Familiarity with decarbonization strategies and technologies.
• Experience reviewing EPC contracts, financial models, designs, specifications, and budgets for industrial projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead proposal development, including company profile, scope of work, scheduling, and commercial terms.
• Manage and deliver technical due diligence projects for infrastructure investments.
• Coordinate project deliverables—Q& A submissions, management sessions, client meetings, and reports.
• Collaborate with ERM technical teams and subcontracted SMEs to ensure seamless project execution.
• Drive internal initiatives to enhance the Infrastructure Service Line’s capabilities and market impact.

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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