Consultant or Senior Consultant Highway Engineer

Steer is a global consultancy specialising in the critical services and infrastructure that make our world work. We employee over 500 people throughout, North America, LATAM, UK / Europe and India.

From transport to energy and technology to education, we’re trusted to deliver powerful solutions that make a measurable difference – to our clients, the communities we work in and the world we share. We work for Government departments, local and city authorities, developers, and private sector operators and investors.  We develop strategies, policies, and masterplans; design and make the case for new transport infrastructure and services; and provide financial and advisory services. For further information, and examples of our recent projects, please visit https://steergroup.com/.

We are seeking an experienced individual with a highway design background for our UK-based team (London or Leeds). This opportunity offers the right candidate the opportunity to grow their career and to have a positive impact on the development and delivery of major development sites, urban streets and public spaces.

The team undertakes a portfolio of high-profile schemes that are focused on urban streets within a particular area or corridor. You will work closely with other teams and will develop and deliver solutions that enable healthier and more efficient movement whilst also recognising the role of streets as places. This work is typically undertaken for public and private sector clients such as Local and Regional authorities, as well as for high profile. Recent projects include:

·       Delivery of numerous schemes for Brent Council including projects in Wembley, Northwick Park, and ongoing development of a major scheme in Neasden

·       Highway infrastructure design for new developments such as Brent Cross Town, Canary Wharf and Crown Estate

·       Design support for major developments in West Sussex, Oxfordshire, Nottingham

·       We also provide support to our Sports and Major Development team for clients such as The Open, The FA, Nottingham Forest and major tournaments

These projects require an appreciation of highways and traffic engineering, including alignment design, sustainable drainage, pavement design, utility issues and road safety, as well as an appreciation of the design and construction of public spaces, appropriate to the level of the post you are applying for. We would not be expecting any candidate to have detailed experience in all these fields, but you will have sufficient understanding to be able to collaborate with others in the team to reach successful project outcomes. As such, it is likely that your background includes a balance of technical experience and a strong grasp of the societal, economic and political contexts that transport exists in, together with a successful track record of managing tasks or projects.

We will help you develop your project management skills. You will work closely with our market-leading Associates and Directors across our offices, who will actively support you in project delivery and in your wider career development.

In this role you will:

• Undertake highway and public space design, drawing on your technical skills and understanding of highways and traffic engineering.
• Use software packages such as AutoCAD and Civils 3D as well as standard office software to prepare and deliver drawings, documents and reports that are appropriately tailored to varying audiences
• Develop your project management skills of increasing scale and complexity as you move through your career.
• Work within multi-disciplinary teams that comprise both internal colleagues and external subconsultants
• Provide clients with the best advice by integrating work developed by team members (including technical inputs such as traffic modelling outputs or design drawings) into high-quality project deliverables that contribute to the company’s reputation for delivering excellence
• Effectively liaise with clients and other external stakeholders
• Take responsibility for multiple projects simultaneously, successfully managing competing deadlines
• Hold or working towards professional and academic qualifications in engineering or an aligned field
• Effectively deploy an appropriate mix of analytical tools and techniques for each project, drawing on your understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, and available transport data sources
• Apply your excellent written and verbal communication skills, including your ability to appropriately tailor a message to non-technical audiences (such as the public and politicians)
• Have a solid ability to use Microsoft Office (in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

For the more senior post you will also:

• Manage project budgets, exercising effective financial and budgetary control
• Manage the preparation of competitive proposals for transport planning studies

We encourage and support our staff to achieve professional qualifications through appropriate Professional Institutions such as the Institution of Civil Engineers or the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation

We believe in empowering our people and giving them the opportunities to shine. As an employee-owned company means that our team are dedicated and passionate about what they do, and that’s the reason why we are at the forefront of our industry.

Steer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, colour, 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.

We offer a competitive benefits package including:

• Private medical insurance and health screening
• Life assurance and group income protection
• Company pension scheme
• EAP and mental health first aiders
• 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days,
• Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work,
• Group Share Incentive Plan,
• Up to 5 days for volunteering activities
• Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).

Compensation

Steer is committed to ensuring that all its employees are compensated a fair, liveable wage. All initial 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.

Work Environment

All Steer employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 60% of their time either in the office or on-site with clients. An employee’s typical work week consists of 37.5 hours (Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be adjusted for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.)

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.

Ready to apply?  Just complete our brief online application form and attach your CV.