Rail Advisory - Principal Consultant (London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester)

Steer Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Principal Consultant for its Rail Advisory team. The role involves providing expert advice on rail projects and requires understanding the GB Rail industry, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage projects. Benefits include private medical insurance and a discretionary bonus scheme. This position is full-time and located in the UK, with opportunities for office and on-site work.

Benefits

Private medical insurance and health screening

Life assurance and group income protection

Company pension scheme

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave with buy/sell option

Qualifications

• Experience in the rail industry is desirable.
• Ability to coach and develop junior staff is essential.
• Experience presenting complex technical analysis to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide industry-leading advice on rail projects.
• Support clients in transformative change projects.
• Contribute to improving technical approaches in projects.

Skills

Understanding of the GB Rail industry

Experience analysing large datasets using Excel

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Experience managing small to medium-sized projects

Tools

R

Python

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

Rail Advisory - Principal Consultant (London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester)

We provide industry‑leading advice to national and local government, private rail companies, investors and industry bodies on a wide variety of influential projects from inception to delivery. Our work supports government reform of the rail industry, ensuring that it better serves passengers, taxpayers and transport companies.

Description

Our advice spans long‑term strategy, integrating rail into future generations’ transport mix, and short‑term assurance across a wide range of technical disciplines. With a strong workflow of high‑profile project opportunities, we are growing our team to support exciting workstreams that help clients deliver transformative change.

Requirements

Essential

• Understanding of the GB Rail industry
• Adaptability to work across different disciplines, including commercial (revenue and costs), operational, business case and appraisal, programme delivery and technical assurance
• Ability to work as part of a team, and confidence to make technical decisions supporting project delivery
• Experience analysing large datasets using Excel to support work such as industry revenue data, mobile network data and train performance data
• Ability to coach and develop junior staff in technical areas
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting project work to clients
• Ability to present complex technical analysis to a range of audiences
• Experience managing small to medium‑sized projects or major workstreams

Desirable

• Experience working in the rail industry
• Experience using coding languages/software (e.g., R, Python, PowerBI, Tableau) for the analysis/presentation of large datasets
• Ability to coach and develop junior members of the team
• Demonstrable contribution to improving technical approaches to delivering work
• Experience supporting bid development and work‑winning

Benefits

• 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, with the 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, livable 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 full‑time employees 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. Part‑time and flexible working applications will be considered.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Consulting

Industries

Non‑profit Organisations and Primary and Secondary Education

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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