Infrastructure Transactions - Associate​/Associate Director​/Director

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.

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 review our website:
Steer | Helping people, places and economies thrive.

Steer is looking for an experienced, motivated, self-starting, problem-solver and collaborative professional to fill our Infrastructure Transactions Associate/Associate Director/Director position. This person will be working in our Infrastructure and Asset Advisory team in support of our world-leading transactions advisory offer
, which has contributed to our company’s ongoing success in the United Kingdom and beyond.

This person will be an important member of our senior team, responsible for sourcing, winning, leading and delivering commissions from the international community of investors, lenders, grantors, operating companies and project developers conducting transactions in the transport sector.

Our Infrastructure and Asset Advisory unit brings together a mix of international experts from all industries. We combine our understanding of people, context and function to deliver innovative solutions which helps to make Steer successful.

The Infrastructure Transactions Associate/Associate Director/Director will:

• Build a vibrant pipeline of work through active management of client relationships.
• Sell services from across Steer and leverage reputation as a specialist in the field.
• Support Steer’s Infrastructure Transactions practice via client engagement and proposal development.
• Assume leadership for delivering business performance and making strong commercial decisions.
• Lead projects as a Project Director, ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently and full integration with Steer project teams.
• Diversify Steer's offer to deliver growth in line with company strategy.
• Lead by example through mentoring and deliberate collaboration across the company.

The Infrastructure Transactions Associate/Associate Director/Director will work across projects in the fields of Demand and Revenue, Commercial Due Diligence, and Technical Due Diligence and provide wider support to our business for a wide range of Steer’s projects and clients.

About the candidate

At Steer, our employees are self-motivated, goal-oriented, and adaptive. Steer commits itself to providing our employees with the utmost support and training to streamline success from day one.

The ideal candidate for this role has:

• Presence and reputation in the infrastructure sector with extensive client, partner and stakeholder networks

• Proven ability to originate opportunities, win work, and deliver work (as Project Director) in Commercial Due Diligence and Technical Due Diligence, to support clients undertaking transactions in at least two of the following sectors:
  Ports/Maritime, European Rail/Rolling Stock, Urban Transit (light rail/tram), Bus. Non-transport sectors such as Energy, Data, Social…