Consultant - Transport Planning

Steer; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

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, our organization works to improve the outlook of our region, ensuring that our clients keep social and environmental impact in mind as they conduct their operations. The team you will be joining is based across our three UK offices in London, Leeds and Manchester.

In addition, there will be opportunities to work with colleagues based in our offices overseas, particularly in North America. Our social and cultural responsibilities form an important part of our culture and values. We believe that actions speak louder than words, and therefore have annual measurable targets across all social impact areas, particularly DEIA and sustainability. This year we are delighted to have won the 'Best Graduate Programme' award from Women in Rail and our senior staff offer mentoring support to Women in Transport. 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).

Main Responsibilities of the Job:

1. The company would like to create better places for people to live, work and enjoy. Steer is seeking to expand our Development Planning offer and is looking for an experienced consultant to join our London-based team. We work with Canary Wharf Group, London City and Stansted Airports, Related Argent, Homes England and Barratt London as part of a diversified project portfolio.
2. Your base would be in our award-winning London office but we have a flexible working policy to enable working arrangements to suit you and your family.
3. As an employee-owned company, you will experience the unique Steer culture of a collaborative, inclusive and nurturing work environment. In addition to a personal supervisor, who will be responsible for helping your career grow, there are opportunities for working across the whole Steer business. We have a dedicated learning and development team to support you through professional qualifications including chartership and your wider career development.
4. We take on the most complex of projects, working with our clients and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver the most efficient, innovative and sustainable outcomes to create fantastic places we can all enjoy.
5. Alongside new clients, a high volume of our projects are repeat work with existing clients. You will have the opportunity to work directly with clients and develop your project management and consultancy skills at Steer.

You will work as part of a team providing solutions to both private and public sector clients. This position requires an enthusiastic, hard-working person, who wants to be part of our growing, dynamic team. In this role, you will be required to:

1. Support our transport planning offer across the company both in the UK and internationally.
2. Lead work streams within projects, ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently.
3. Deliver excellent joined-up and high-profile development planning projects in the UK, which contribute to the company’s reputation for delivering excellence.
4. Be proactive, show initiative and take responsibility to deliver key tasks with a range of projects.
5. Prepare and present reports, proposals, briefing notes and transport planning documentation.
6. Manage clients on a day-to-day basis, and associated project budgets exercising effective financial and budgetary control.
7. Contribute to the production and delivery of proposals and marketing materials related to our market area from time to time.
8. Take part in training to develop both your technical and consultancy skills.

To be successful in the role, you will:

1. Demonstrate a good track record of working for a consultancy delivering transport planning deliverables for planning applications.
2. Take responsibility for key tasks, workstreams and deliverables, managing multiple deadlines in parallel.
3. Demonstrate strong analytical skills as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. Proven project delivery experience in a transport consultancy environment.

For our UK applicants, we offer a competitive package of benefits including private medical insurance and health screening, life assurance, group income protection, company pension scheme, EAP, ability to buy and sell annual leave days, Season Ticket Loan, a group Share Incentive Plan, up to 5 days for volunteering activities and a discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).

Additionally, we offer 25 vacation days, 8 paid holidays 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 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 understand that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to the job description.

Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered.