Senior Transportation Planner/Data Scientist

Job Title

Senior Transportation Planner/Data Scientist

Agency

Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Department

Environment & Planning

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Austin, Texas

Job Type

Faculty

Job Description

Who are we?

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is an agency of the State of Texas and member of The Texas A&M University System. For 70 years, TTI has addressed complex transportation challenges and opportunities with innovation, objectivity, and unmatched technical expertise. Our staff delivers excellence, value and thought leadership to ensure our research sponsors achieve their goals.

Our Mission and Vision

Our Vision - TTI leads in the creation of knowledge that transforms transportation for the benefit of society.

Our Mission - TTI delivers practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the movement of people, data and goods through research, education and technology transfer.

Our Work Environment

Entrepreneurial culture

Affiliation with Texas A&M University students and faculty

Ability to work with nationally recognized experts

Ability to help train the next generation of transportation professionals

Premier office and research facilities and equipment

Accredited laboratories and safety proving ground

Outstanding research support services

Hybrid work environment/telecommuting

Flexible work hours

Family friendly

High staff retention rates

Leadership development and wellness programs

Data allowance and home office equipment reimbursements

Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Tuition reimbursement program (if eligible)

Our Employee Benefits

TTI employees can choose from several health coverage options offered by The Texas A&M University System for themselves and their families, as well as numerous other benefit programs.

https://www.tamus.edu/business/benefits-administration/

What you need to know:

• This position has the flexibility of a hybrid remote option that can be discussed further during the interview process.

• Salary for this position is commensurate. Final salary will be determined based on the applicant's qualifications and experience.

• This position can be based from Austin TTI or Bryan/College Station TTI.

Job Summary:

This position requires a highly functional, self-motivated, highly skilled, energetic person that is interested in solving transportation and environmental challenges. A person in this position is expected to function as an independent researcher that directs/leads research projects as a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator and or contribute significant technical expertise/skills to multi-disciplinary teams that work on a broad range of topics pertaining to multimodal transportation planning and policy analysis. In their role as Principal Investigator candidates should have demonstrated experience writing competitive proposals, working with transportation agencies, plan projects of significant scope, execute oversight and leadership of self-initiated research projects, author or co-author reports and scholarly publications based on original research, and manage project budgets to ensure projects is completed on time and within budget.

Candidates in this position works independently under the general direction of the TTI Program Manager and Division Head. Continued employment in this position is contingent upon availability of funding and satisfactory performance.

Essential Duties:

• Assemble, organize, analyze, document, and archive datasets. Synthesize data and extract meaningful statistics and trends. Analyze and develop potential new techniques, policies, procedures, visualizations, and recommendations. Conduct the necessary literature review and background information search to support techniques and methodologies used, as well as documenting past research for reporting purposes. (35%)

• Execute oversight and leadership of self-initiated research projects, author or co-author reports, technical memoranda, journal articles, training materials for external users, and presentations. (20%)

• Manage, mentor, communicate, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams comprising of research staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and support staff to ensure the completion of high quality deliverables on-time and to the expectations of the client. (20%)

• Business development:  Actively seek and obtain externally-funded research projects, performing work on basic and applied technology problems, and participate in research proposals serving as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI. (15%)

• Assist with the overall direction and management, which includes the day-to-day supervision, planning, administration, evaluation, and implementation of the division/program's research functions. (5%)

• Other duties as assigned. (5%)

Required Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in related field

• 5 years of relevant experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills along with interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), in Database software (e.g., MS ACCESS, SQL, VBA, etc.), in visualization software (Tableau, etc.), and in Statistical Software (e.g., R, SPSS, SAS, etc.).

• ArcGIS skills and Python

• Ability to work independently, have a strong work ethic, detail orientated, and be dependable.

• Must be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knows and effectively uses the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of a particular field of specialization; continues development of technical expertise and knowledge through experience and application.

• Experience identifying solutions for current, near-term and long-range transportation or environmental challenges.

• Experience in transportation planning/engineering.

• Advanced data visualization skills

• Fluent in Spanish

• Professional Engineering license

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform common office functions

• Ability to frequently communicate with other individuals within the workplace.

• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

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