Managing Consultant- M&A ESG Due Diligence with EHS experience (Mid-Senior Level)

ERM: Environmental Resources Management; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM is seeking professionals for EHS / ESG Due Diligence roles within a growing advisory team. Candidates will engage in significant transactions to identify risks and opportunities in sustainability, requiring expertise in subject matter and excellent project leadership skills. Join us to make a real impact in sustainability while fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Professional growth opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in due diligence of EHS / ESG performance.
• Experience in sectors like energy, mining, chemicals is preferred.
• Ability to communicate complex technical topics effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct global EHS / ESG projects ensuring profitable delivery.
• Provide expert guidance on strategic EHS / ESG matters.
• Identify and manage commercial and operational risks.

Skills

EHS / ESG knowledge

Project leadership

Technical expertise

Client communication

Risk management

Job description

Who we are:

• As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations to create innovative solutions for sustainability challenges and unlock commercial opportunities that meet current needs while preserving future opportunities.

• We are unmatched in our ability to operationalize sustainability across the business and investment life cycle at all organizational levels, thanks to our deep sector and technical expertise, as well as our geographical spread (over 170 offices across 40 countries and more than 8,000 employees).

• At ERM, we recognize that creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment is essential to making our company a great place to build a career. We see our diversity as a strength that helps us develop better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise. We call this our “boots to boardroom” approach, providing comprehensive service that develops strategic and technical solutions to advance objectives both on the ground and at the executive level.

Various EHS / ESG Due Diligence Roles (Consulting Associate – Consulting Director)

• Our Transactions and Private Market Advisory team is experiencing significant growth, and we seek individuals to deliver top-tier services to meet this demand.

• Consultants in EHS / ESG Due Diligence roles at ERM work on a wide range of buy-side and sell-side transactions for private market investors, their portfolio companies, and corporate clients, to identify EHS / ESG risks, liabilities, and opportunities from both financial and reputational perspectives.

More senior positions will require demonstrating and driving (to varying degrees) the following, with more junior roles supporting project delivery and aspects of these responsibilities:

• Leading and directing large, global projects, ensuring client satisfaction and profitable delivery.

• Providing expert guidance on strategic EHS / ESG matters leveraging our global pool of subject matter experts.

• Having a strong technical background in delivering due diligence evaluating company EHS / ESG performance on governance, compliance, and liability management.

• Understanding broader macro sustainability / ESG topics as they relate to companies in the real economy and investment community, and how these translate into transaction-relevant topics (e.g., ESG governance, climate strategy, decarbonization, social issues like human rights, EU Green Deal).

• Understanding how EHS / ESG due diligence findings are used by clients and interact with other advisors and workstreams (e.g., financial, legal, commercial due diligence, investment banks).

• Ability to identify and manage commercial and operational risks from conception through project delivery.

• Ensuring client satisfaction through effective communication, producing quality deliverables, translating complex technical topics into commercial insights, and identifying opportunities to create or maintain value.

• Having expertise in one or more industrial sectors such as energy, mining & metals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, telecommunications, and infrastructure is preferred.

• Private markets experience is preferred but not required.

Join Us:

ERM values its people, safety, well-being, and development. We foster accountability, client-focus, and collaboration across geographies.

If you share our values, believe in sustainability, and are motivated to shape and lead a sustainability service team that makes a real impact, ERM is the right place for you.

Join a team making a difference and experience a culture of excellence, inclusion, and professional growth.

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