Consultant - Network Modelling

Steer is an international transport consultancy at the forefront of transport planning and city-shaping. We are an independent multi-disciplinary consulting firm with over 600 staff internationally and a strong portfolio of work across the world. We offer a unique range of skills, expertise and knowledge advising clients on a local and global basis and delivering projects engaging the company's economics, technical, commercial, highways, rail, aviation and strategy/economics capabilities.

Over the past 30 years our Infrastructure Team has worked on a majority of privately funded infrastructure schemes across the world. During this time, we have been involved with all sides of the procurement process – for bidders, sellers and governments – on over 600 projects (including toll roads, airports, navigation locks and urban transit) with a combined value of over $65 billion achieving financial close over the past 5 years. Our efforts have been recognised by the wider industry. We have been ranked 1st in the world in the 'Global Technical Advisory League Tables' (Inframation/Infra Deals) for consecutive 3 years (2018, 2019 and 2020) in terms of number and value of total transactions in the transport infrastructure sector, as well as having won several Project Finance International (PFI) awards (2020: 'Europe PPP Deal of the Year' for the A465 Sections 5&6, and 'Europe M&A Deal of the Year' for the Brisa Acquisition). We provide a full range of advisory services in the infrastructure market, from feasibility stage to bid support, offering independent Traffic and Technical Due Diligence services to Sponsors, Lenders and Investors

Steer is looking for an enthusiastic and talented professional with a passion for transport to join our India office as a Consultant with prior network modelling and transportation transaction advisory experience. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that works on a wide variety of high-profile transportation projects, including traffic and revenue studies for toll roads, transportation finance studies and strategic policy making. You will work as part of our global team spanning across UK, Europe, North America, LATAM and India providing solutions to both private sector clients, including investors, operators and concessionaries within the infrastructure sector.

We are specifically interested in consultants to work with us on tasks such as:

• Network modelling using software tools like VISUM, CUBE, EMME, etc.

• Toll road transaction advisory.

• Conducting detailed quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

• Managing primary surveys such traffic counts and origin-destination surveys.

• Traffic and revenue forecasting and travel demand estimation for brownfield and greenfield toll road assets.

• Assessing trends of key macro-economic drivers.

• Network impacts of new and existing exogenous factors like new expressways, regulatory changes, modal shifts to/from other modes, containerization trends within commodities.

• Business and financial modelling; and

• Policy and regulatory advisory.

This position will be based in our Infrastructure team and will support the team and clients with network modelling inputs in delivery of transaction advisory projects. The candidate will support the core India team to deliver existing projects and to develop a portfolio of new network modelling and infrastructure transaction projects.

The candidate will be required to:

• Manage and deliver successful projects (time, cost, quality) as a network modeller, primarily on toll road transaction projects (also supporting overseas transactions).

• Provide technical expertise and drive technical analysis (traffic and revenue forecasting), report writing and presentations to clients.

• Manage, supervise and coach more junior members of the team.

• Deliver effective, high-quality proposals, engage in business development, and develop a market presence.

• Drive own career path and network (internal and external).

• Contribute to effective team performance on both financial and behavioural measures

Candidates will:

• Have relevant prior network modelling and transportation transaction advisory work experience spanning 2 to 4 years, having built network models using software platforms like VISUM, CUBE, EMME, SATURN etc. preferably in a toll road traffic and revenue forecasting context.

• Have experience of delivering successful projects, across a range of toll roads and geographies within and outside India.

• Have excellent oral and written communication skills.

– experience in communicating effectively with clients.

– ability to back up opinions with well-constructed, evidenced arguments; and

– ability to confidently explain complex analysis to non-specialists via reporting and presentations.

• Have strong analytical skills e.g., data cleaning and analysis using a range of software packages (MS Excel, Stata, SPSS, R) including an ability to analyse and draw insight from the data

• Have ability to use Microsoft packages, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook

• Be a good team player, able to work collaboratively with colleagues in other disciplines and with different cultures and across time zones.

• Must be legally authorized to work in India without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Education qualifications

The candidate should be educated to degree level from one of the following disciplines: Economics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Engineering, Transport Planning, Geography, or other numerical or transport-related subjects.

For our full-time employees, we offer a competitive package of benefits including private medical insurance, ability to buy and sell annual leave, Employee Assistance Program, an Employee Provident Fund contribution and a discretionary yearly bonus based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).

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.

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 ).

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.