Principal Consultant - Rail

** This role is open to all Steer's North American Offices Contact us | Steer (steergroup.com**

About Steer

We are Steer and we help people, places and economies thrive. Founded in 1978, 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 in which we support. A commitment that ultimately improves the way people live, work and travel.

At Steer North America, our consultants work tirelessly to improve the landscape 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.

Our international teams comprise planners, engineers, economists, designers, financial modelers and technical specialists. In combination, these disciplines provide us with the breadth and depth to deliver integrated and innovative solutions across the rail sector for commercial transactions (including P3), ridership forecasting, strategic planning, operational evaluation, performance, station planning, business cases, strategic rail engineering and rolling stock procurement. To learn more, visit Rail | Steer (steergroup.com)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced consultant to help lead our growing portfolio of rail work across North America, but with a focus in the US. You will work with our NA Rail Market Leads and the wider rail team to both continue delivering high quality work to our existing clients and to broaden our service offering and clients in the rail market. Our target work includes:

• 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 and/or rail-related data analytics.
• The development and sponsorship of major rail transportation projects and programs.
• Regional or non-standard transportation planning projects.
• Delivery of rail initiatives, whether planning future infrastructure projects or new or changing services.
• Economic impact of major public infrastructure investments.
• Major capital expansion programs and operational considerations.

We are seeking a motivated, self-starting, problem-solver and collaborative professional, with experience managing analytically-driven projects and a keen interest in the US rail sector.

Key/Desirable Accountabilities:

• Lead and manage projects in our rail market, potentially including providing advice on rail ridership and revenue, business case analysis, strategic infrastructure planning, rail operations and operation cost analysis and/or rail-related data analytics.
• Client engagement: Engage proactively with existing and new clients to explore their problems, identify solutions and successfully deliver on their needs.
• Lead delivery: Lead teams to deliver innovative and successful proposals and projects to time, cost, risk management, and product quality.
• Work closely with our NA Rail Mark Leads to deliver against company financial and behavioral targets.
• Mentor and supervise more junior colleagues across NA.
• Work collaboratively across the wider Steer NA business, both to facilitate overall company success and potentially suppo