Consultant/Senior Consultant - Integrated Planning

Steer•New York, NY

About The Position

Steer North America is looking for a motivated, self-starting, problem-solver and collaborative professional to fill our Transportation Planner position in the Planning and Design team, 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 teams which is comprised of planners, economists, designers, financial modellers and technical specialists. In combination, these disciplines provide us with the breadth and depth to deliver innovative and impactful solutions to our many clients. The Consultant or Senior Consultant will: • Work alongside colleagues to conceptualize, develop, and deliver on new and existing client projects, including in multimodal planning, regional planning, TDM, and equitable and sustainable mobility. Work may involve projects such as: o Identifying transit needs and prioritizing investment across California’s state highway system o Creating a Smart City Strategic Plan for the Southern California region o Developing a Citywide Transportation Demand Management strategy for the City of Culver City o Determining service options for new BRT routes across New Jersey o Examining the economic impact of rail on economically distressed regions • Manage their own work to budget and quality expectations, with the potential to oversee work conducted by others • Support Steer’s Planning & Design practice via client engagement and proposal development • Mentor and support early career professionals To review our portfolio of recent projects, visit Our projects | Steer (steergroup.com).

Requirements

Effective consulting skills: listening and clarifying client problems, understanding project scope, managing time and resources, ensuring margins.
Effective communication skills:distilling your work in a compelling manner both verbally (written/oral) and graphically (graphs, flow charts, infographics)
Experience working on projects that emphasize decision making, governance, and policy development
Experience with public sector clients, including major agencies or ministries related to transportation, housing, land use, energy, and community and economic development
Project and team management skills – including utilization planning, task allocation, and commercial management of consulting projects
Experience developing successful proposals for public sector requests (including EOIs, RFQs, and RFPs)
The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and our clients in a fast-paced environment; high level of personal accountability.

Nice To Haves

3-5 years (Consultant) or 5-8 years (Senior Consultant) relevant experience in transportation planning
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, Master’s degree preferred
Ability to provide technical support across 2-3+ of the following disciplines or skills: o Strategic planning for public sector transportation agencies o Multimodal planning and conceptual design o Corridor, area, and first/last mile studies o Governance and public policy development o Scenario planning o Stakeholder facilitation o Business case development o Transportation demand management o Data analysis and visualization o Applied research o Structured decision support and decision-making process management o Complex transportation models and related analytical tools, such as GIS, EMME, TransCAD, R, Python or similar o Visualisation tools such as Illustrator, InDesign, Tableau, Power BI or similar
Familiarity with emerging best-practices/guidelines in transportation, smart cities, micro-mobility, and urban transportation
An ability to delegate, learn quickly and find enjoyment through the development of new skills
Detail-oriented; able to multi-task and effectively prioritize workloads and meet strict deadlines

Responsibilities

Work alongside colleagues to conceptualize, develop, and deliver on new and existing client projects, including in multimodal planning, regional planning, TDM, and equitable and sustainable mobility.
Manage their own work to budget and quality expectations, with the potential to oversee work conducted by others
Support Steer’s Planning & Design practice via client engagement and proposal development
Mentor and support early career professionals

Benefits

private medical, dental, and vision insurance
commuter benefits
a group Share Incentive Plan
a 3% 401k contribution
a discretionary yearly bonus based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance)
20 vacation days
14 paid holidays
10 paid sick days
a bi-annual performance review process
private medical, dental, and vision insurance
commuter benefits
a group Share Incentive Plan
a 3% RRSP contribution
a discretionary yearly bonus based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance)
22 vacation days
13 paid holidays
unlimited sick days
a bi-annual performance review process