Consultant – Infrastructure Technical Due Diligence

ERM

Junior Consultant providing transaction advisory services in infrastructure with a focus on sustainability and energy. Collaborating on technical due diligence for financial institutions and infrastructure operators.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeMilan • 🇮🇹 ItalyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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, investments 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.
Your focus is on the technical and ESG/EHS-related evaluation of buy-side, sell-side, and project finance transactions, as well as assessment of technical risks, opportunities, and value drivers in the M&A context.
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.
Evaluating technical, operational, commercial, and economic aspects of infrastructure and energy assets (e.g., asset condition, performance, Opex/Capex, management and operating concepts, business plans).
Identifying, assessing, and clearly presenting transaction-relevant risks and opportunities (including deal breakers, value creation potential, integration and optimization approaches).
Working effectively across technical communities within ERM and subcontractors who are identified as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support project delivery and client interaction.
Delivery of proposals, which will include development of our company profile, scopes of work, scheduling and commercial terms.
Completing internal development tasks to improve the functionality of the infrastructure Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) service line.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Excellent written and spoken in the local language (native) and English
Previous experience in technical due diligence would be preferred but not essential
An interest in economics and finance, and/or experience with Business Plans; Interest in (domestic) travel to perform site visits when required, focus is on continental Europe
Early career involvement/experience in the management of client projects
Additional language proficiencies
Prior experience in one or more of the following industrial sectors: Renewables, Bioenergy, Waste & Circularity, Power, Heat & Water Networks, Fuels & Chemicals, Low Carbon Fleets & Transport, Buildings & Civil Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, and/or Maritime
Prior experience or education in: EHS regulation or soil and groundwater risk assessment. In order to support on an occasional basis, our EHS Due Diligence team.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Collaboration on challenging national and international M&A and infrastructure transactions with high strategic relevance
A stimulating work environment within a dynamic and engaged team, with strong opportunities for learning and development
Competitive compensation package
Ongoing training and internal and/or international career progression opportunities
Flexible work models (onsite, hybrid, remote), attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits in accordance with the ERM standard in the country where the candidate will be hired.

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical due diligenceengineeringasset integrityoperational performancemanagement systemsbusiness planseconomic evaluationrisk assessmentproject financingMergers & Acquisitions

Soft Skills

organizational skillsself-motivationself-sufficiencycommunication skillsreport writing proficiencyteamworkclient project managementpresentation skillsproblem-solvingattention to detail