Senior Consultant/ Principal Consultant

Steer North America helps public, private, and non-profit clients drive the development of transportation, resources, places, and communities. We provide deep expertise across strategy, advisory, planning, and design, helping clients achieve results and exceed their financial and strategic objectives. With offices across Canada, the USA, and Mexico, our people-centred approach and diverse experience enable us to work collaboratively with clients and their stakeholders. We tackle the most complex challenges, building prosperity, resilience, and equity across neighbourhoods, cities, and regions.

Job Summary

This job is part of the North America Strategy team that helps public-sector clients across North America make informed decisions on policy, future infrastructure investments, and government services, with a focus on public transit, government infrastructure, and services.

The successful candidate(s) will conduct strategic policy and/or quantitative analysis, lead tasks on larger projects and manage small to medium projects by displaying initiative, strong critical thinking skills, and working both independently and within a team.

Duties & Responsibilities

•Engage with a wide variety of clients who are determining the direction of transportation systems in North America. Develop strategies, business cases, and plans to address complex challenges and evolve powerful solutions

•Create meaningful change in communities through provision of high-quality advice

•Conduct policy analysis and/or quantitative analysis to help inform strategic advice to clients to assist with investment-grade decision-making

•Undertake technical analysis, report writing and presentations to clients within clearly defined budgets as well as demanding timescales

•Prepare and present reports, proposals, briefing notes, and decks internally and to clients

•Take responsibility for the delivery of projects as a project manager and/or take responsibility for the delivery of a work stream as task lead; ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently

•Work independently and in collaboration with other colleagues and our clients

•Take initiative, proactively identifying problems and opportunities across your portfolio of projects and clients, developing recommendations, and acting on those recommendations

•Lead project teams to deliver innovative and successful proposals and projects to time, cost, risk management and product quality

•Reviewing trends and new ideas in the market to ensure our work remains cutting edge

•Take ownership of continued development, including practicing relevant consulting, strategic planning, policy development skills

•Proactively identify risks or project challenges, and communicate to the team in a professional manner

•Provide feedback to team members on an ongoing basis – peers, subordinates, and seniors

•Reviewing trends and new ideas in the market to ensure our work remains cutting edge

•Follow expectations set by market leadership for project management, written deliverables and client presentations

•Mentor and manage the development of early career professionals

•Attend and participate actively in market meetings (I.e., anchor days, weekly/monthly planning) and provide input into market direction

•Support the production and delivery of proposals

Requirements

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

•3-5+ years relevant experience advising private and/or public sector clients on relevant topics to the strategy market, including, but not limited to (candidates with skills in 1 or more areas should specify which topics they are applying for):

o Business case development

o Economic and financial appraisal

o Conducting analysis on emerging topics in benefit cost analysis including resiliency, wider economic benefits, behavioural studies, and transit pricing

o Supporting structured decision-making

o Policy analysis

o Organizational development/capacity building

o Scenario planning

o Forecasting

o Narrative development/story telling

Software Proficiencies:

•All candidates should have advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

•Familiarity with large dataset analysis and modelling using software such as: R, Python, STATA, etc, is preferred for candidates with a forecasting/appraisal/cost benefit analysis background (not required for those applying with a strategic planning or policy background)

•Basic use of Adobe Creative Suite is preferred

Education:

•Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Economics, Geography, Policy/Political Science, Engineering, Urban Planning required; Post-graduate qualification preferred.

Preferred Skills:

•Creative thinker/problem solver able to get to the ‘essence’ of a brief quickly

•An ability to take initiative and work independently

•Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

•An ability to delegate, learn quickly and find enjoyment through the development of new skills

•Able to utilize quantitative and qualitative analyses to draw and apply actionable recommendations

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills

•Internal and external facilitation skills

•Familiar with strategic thinking strategies and/or frameworks

•Excellent project and team management skills

•Detail-oriented; able to multi-task and effectively prioritize workloads and meet strict deadlines

•Experience developing successful bids/proposals

Benefits

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

Additionally, we offer up to 47 paid days off - 22 vacation days, 13 public holidays, 2 volunteering days and 10 sick days – as well as a bi-annual performance review process.

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.

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).

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 remote working applications will not be considered for this role.

Salary Range: $80,000 to $100,000 CAD + benefits