Senior Rail Advisor

About Steer

We are Steer and we help people, places and economies thrive. Steer is a global employee-owned business consultancy specializing in transportation, cities and infrastructure, with over 460 staff in 24 offices around the world.

We have an enduring commitment to generate success for our clients, for ourselves and for the communities which we support. A commitment that ultimately improves the way people live, work and travel.

At Steer North America, our consultants work to improve the outlook of our region, ensuring that our clients keep social and environmental impact in mind as they conduct their operations. We believe that actions speak louder than words, and therefore have annual measurable targets across all social impact areas, particularly DEI and sustainability. We have also committed to successfully operate as a Net Zero Carbon company by 2025, participating in the UN’s Global Compact.

For further information on Steer, please take a moment to review our website Steer | Helping people, places and economies thrive (steergroup.com)

About rail at Steer

Rail is at the core of Steer and particularly in the North American context. We are a market leader in the provision of specialist rail advice to clients across the globe with a proven track record of delivering innovative and powerful solutions to the most complex rail projects. Our strategic insight and technical excellence is provided by a team of international experts who combine global understanding with local knowledge.

About the role

Steer North America is looking for an experienced, motivated, self-starting, problem-solver and collaborative professional to fill our Senior Rail Advisor position. This person will be working in our rail market supporting our clients with consultation, which has contributed to our company’s ongoing success in the United States, Canada, and beyond.

This person will be a contributing member of Steer’s North American/International teams which is comprised of planners, engineers, economists, designers, financial modellers and technical specialists.

Our rail team brings together a mix of international experts from both the private and public sectors. We combine our understanding of people, context and function to deliver innovative solutions which helps to make our cities, transport systems and public places understandable, accessible and enjoyable for all.

As a global leader in providing technical advice on rail transportation projects, we are looking for a significantly experienced individual to expand our North America market presence. Successful candidates will spearhead business development activities across North America (especially in the US) and lead teams providing professional services to senior-level private and public clients. We are interested in candidates with technical experience, client connections, and market intelligence.

The Senior Rail Advisor will:

• Work alongside colleagues to conceptualize, develop, and deliver on new and preexisting client projects
• Support to State DOTs and other entities seeking to develop passenger rail services, notably including applications for Federal funding, such as through the FRA’s Corridor Identification and Development (CID) Program.
• Provide commercial and technical leadership on rail transportation projects, potentially including providing advice on rail ridership and revenue, business case analysis, strategic infrastructure planning, rail operations and operation cost analysis, economic impacts, and/or rail-related data analytics.
• Manage work conducted by other team members to budget and quality expectations
• Support Steer’s Rail practice via development and sponsorship of major rail transportation projects and programs
• Mentor and manage the development of early career professionals

The Senior Rail Advisor will work in a demanding and enjoyable environment across projects and provide wider support to our business in the design and implementation of commercial transactions (including P3), ridership forecasting, strategic planning, operational evaluation, performance, station planning, business cases, strategic rail engineering and rolling stock procurement for a wide range of Steer’s projects and clients.

To review our portfolio of recent Rail projects, visit Our projects | Steer (steergroup.com).

About the candidate

At Steer, our employees are self-motivated, goal-oriented, and adaptive. Steer commits itself to providing our clients with the utmost quality of strategic and innovative advisement on some of the world’s largest transportation and infrastructure projects.

The ideal candidate for this role will:

• Grow our Advisory practice through revenue generation and expanding the breadth of our clients in the rail sector.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the business to continually develop and evolve high-quality and differentiated services to our clients.
• Work closely with senior-level colleagues to deliver against company financial and behavioral targets.

• Lead teams in delivering successful proposals and projects to time, cost, risk management, and product quality
• Be able to lead a diverse team of consultants, including being the primary point-of-contact for our clients, and successfully delivering both written and oral presentations/reports to senior clients.

Work Environment

All Steer employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 60% of their time either in office or on-site with clients. An employee’s typical work week consists of 40 hours. Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be adjusted for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.

Compensation

The salary range for all US applicants are $175,000 to $220,000 USD.

Do be advised that this is an estimated benchmark salary of good faith for the States of New York, Washington, Colorado and California. All compensation, regardless of location, may be subject to change as skills, abilities, internal equity and geographic location are taken into account.

In addition to base salary, all employees will be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus. Please review the benefits section for more information on total reward.

Steer reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional compensation.

Requirements

The preferred candidate for this role will possess some or all of the following attributes:

Additional skills of merit include:

Benefits

For our US applicants, we offer a competitive package of benefits including private medical, dental, and vision insurance, commuter benefits, a group Share Incentive Plan, a 3% 401k contribution and a discretionary yearly bonus based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).

Additionally, we offer 20 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, 10 paid sick days, and a bi-annual performance review process.

Steer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know.

In our commitment to inclusivity in the workplace, Steer has welcomed the creation of various Employee Resource Groups, dedicated to ensuring the support, progression, and well-being of all employees. For more information, check out our social responsibility page Our social responsibility | Steer (steergroup.com).

Our evaluation processes are designed around merit and capability. We don’t select people on the prestige of their educational establishments or other background information. Our interviewers are trained on how to manage selection processes fairly and without bias, and to conduct processes which do not selectively appeal more to one or more demographic to the detriment of any others.

We understand that some may be dissuaded to apply based off their compatibility with the job description. That being said, we know that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to listed requirements.

Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered.