Consultant, Transactions

Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Solid academic background in engineering (e.g., Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical) or equivalent experience.
  • 2-3 years of consulting or operational experience in the energy or infrastructure sector.
  • Strong capability to analyze technical documentation and identify risks and opportunities.
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
  • Advanced report writing and presentation skills with experience interacting with clients.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project proposal deliveries and develop commercial terms.
  • Evaluate technical and operational aspects of infrastructure investments.
  • Coordinate project milestones such as Q&A submissions and final report delivery.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
  • Contribute to the development of tools and processes within the Infrastructure Service Line.

Benefits

  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life and disability insurance, including AD&D coverage.
  • 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP plans available.
  • Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees.
Full Job Description
Lead the Future of Sustainable Infrastructure Investing

Step into a strategic, high-impact role as a Consultant, Transactions within ERM's M&A Infrastructure Service Line-location flexible in US or Canada. Here, your technical expertise will shape some of the world's most influential infrastructure investments. You'll partner with industry-leading ERM Partners, advise top financial institutions, and deliver insights that guide multi-billion-dollar decisions across global energy and infrastructure markets. This is more than consulting-it's influencing the future of sustainable development.

Why This Role Matters

Infrastructure is at the center of the energy transition, decarbonization, and economic resilience. ERM's M&A team-50+ specialists in technical, ESG, and EHS due diligence-is expanding to meet growing client demand. As a Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening our infrastructure offering and delivering high-quality technical due diligence to infrastructure funds, private equity firms, investment banks, and energy companies. Your work directly informs buy-side, sell-side, and project finance decisions across global markets.

What Your Impact Is

In this role, you will:
  • Shape investment strategies by evaluating technical, operational, and business-plan performance of infrastructure assets.
  • Lead the delivery of proposals and develop scopes, schedules, company profiles, and commercial terms.
  • Coordinate key project milestones-Q&A submissions, management sessions, meetings, and final report delivery.
  • Collaborate across multidisciplinary technical communities and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to bring the strongest insights to clients.
  • Strengthen the Infrastructure Service Line by contributing to internal development, tools, and best practices.


Your expertise will directly influence capital allocation, asset performance, and sustainability outcomes across the infrastructure sector.

What You'll Bring
Required
  • Solid academic background with an engineering bias (e.g., Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering). Or equivalent experience.
  • 2-3 years of technical consulting, engineering, or operational experience in the energy or infrastructure sectors.
  • Strong technical capability to identify risks and opportunities within technical documentation, site visits, and discussions-covering asset integrity, operational performance, management systems, and business plans.
  • Excellent organizational skills, self-motivation, and ability to thrive in fast-turnaround environments.
  • Commitment to quality and high standards for yourself and the team.
  • Advanced report writing and presentation skills, with previous client-facing experience.
Preferred
  • Experience managing external client projects.
  • Ability to lead or coordinate complex project delivery involving multiple workstreams.
  • Prior exposure to technical due diligence (preferred, not required).
  • Corporate finance qualification.
  • Interest in domestic and international travel for site visits.
  • Knowledge of Capex and Opex cost expectations for engineering assets/projects.
  • Familiarity with decarbonization strategies and technologies.
  • Experience reviewing EPC contracts, Financial Models, engineering designs/specifications, and budgets for industrial projects.
  • This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.


Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the delivery of proposals, including company profile development, scopes of work, schedules, and commercial terms.
  • Assist or lead projects that evaluate technical, operational, and business-plan components of infrastructure investments.
  • Coordinate project deliverables such as Q&A submissions, management sessions, client meetings, and report delivery.
  • Work effectively across ERM technical communities and subcontracted SMEs to support successful project execution and client engagement.
  • Execute internal development tasks to enhance the Infrastructure Service Line's tools, processes, and overall functionality.


Applications accepted through (3/10/26). The posting may be extended if the position remains unfilled.

For the Consultant, Transactions position, the anticipated annual base pay is $82,500-$102,154 (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.

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.

Thank you for your interest in ERM!

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