Consulting Senior Associate- 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.

At ERM, we are committed to supporting our people to develop a rewarding career within our business. We offer pace-based progression allowing ERMers the opportunity for growth and development of core skills and leadership capabilities and there is significant investment in on the job training and development.

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 fuelled 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.

ROLE PROFILE: You will be working alongside Partners, Senior Consultants, and peers across the Climate, Sustainability and Transactions and Low Carbon Solutions 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 some experience in the infrastructure and/or energy sectors, ideally with experience supporting transaction due diligence assignments, or with an understanding and interest in this area, that capture technical, commercial, and economic drivers of infrastructure private finance deals.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Delivery of proposals, which will include development of our company profile, scopes of work, scheduling and commercial terms;
• Assisting on projects that provide our clients with a technical, operational and business plan evaluation of their proposed investment on infrastructure assets;
• Assisting 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 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) 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);
• Early career (graduate, internship) technical consulting and/or engineering (design or operations) experience within the energy/infrastructure sectors;
• Technical skills, including the ability to read and understand technical documentation, and the ability to identify potential risks and opportunities within technical documentation, during 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;
• Good communication skills, exhibiting report writing proficiency;
• An interest in the intersection between sustainability and infrastructure solutions.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in technical due diligence would be preferred but not essential;
• Engineering Chartership (or working towards);
• An interest in economics and finance, and/or experience with Business Plans;
• Interest in domestic and overseas travel to perform site visits when required;
• Early career involvement/experience in the management of client projects;
• Additional language proficiencies;
• Prior experience in one or more of the following industrial sectors: Bioenergy, Waste & Circularity, Power, Heat & Water Networks, Fuels & Chemicals, Low Carbon Fleets & Transport, Buildings & Civil Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, and/or Maritime.

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