Transport Modeler

Role overview

Core responsibilities

• Compile and analyze transportation data.
• Undertake transportation studies and complex traffic operations studies, including capacity analysis using modeling tools.
• Conduct traffic impact studies, signal and intersection improvement evaluations, traffic management plan evaluations, and safety reviews.
• Prepare technical reports and collaborate with team members, planners, engineers, agencies, and government partners.
• Support transportation master plans, secondary plans, environmental assessments, policy studies, and other planning projects.
• Develop bespoke software solutions, analysis tools, applications, or macros for complex transportation data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, urban planning, computer science, economics, or a related discipline, and/or 1–3 years of equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrable computer programming experience, preferably with Python and/or R.
• Strong background in statistics and data analysis.
• Strong oral communication and technical writing skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently and within a team.
• Knowledge of travel demand model design and application, including activity-based models and platforms.

Technical skills

• Proficiency with travel demand modeling software such as EMME, VISUM, TransCAD, or Cube.
• Experience with meso- or microscopic traffic simulation tools such as Aimsun, VISSIM, Viswalk, DYNAMEQ, Synchro, Sidra, or HCS.
• Experience with GIS, statistical model estimation and calibration, and machine learning models.
• Experience with front-end data visualization using HTML, CSS, and common web libraries or frameworks.

Additional microsimulation qualifications

Work environment

• The team offers a collaborative environment, flexible work arrangements, career growth opportunities, and a competitive benefits package.