Transportation Planner / Engineer - Travel Demand Modeler

Key Skills

AutoCAD, C++, Data science techniques, Design, GIS, Java Programming, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL

Job Description

AECOM is looking for a skilled and experienced Transportation Engineer or Planner to join our team supporting Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise in Ocoee, Florida.

This position involves applying the newly developed statewide tour-based model as well as regional travel demand models. Responsibilities include developing scripts for innovative toll project evaluations and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team on planning, economic feasibility analysis, and toll road design. The Transportation Engineer/Planner will leverage their skills and experience to develop and update model code for travel demand modeling

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Transportation Engineer/Planner to join our team. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to develop and update model code for travel demand modeling, utilizing software such as Visum, TransCAD, QGIS, R, and Python. Your responsibilities will include:

• Model Development: Create and refine model code for travel demand modeling.

• Data Preparation: Assemble and prepare data for model validation and long-range travel forecasts.

• Model Validation: Ensure models meet required accuracy standards.

• Forecast Development: Generate forecasts for toll road projects.

• Documentation: Document results of modeling and forecasting efforts.

• GIS Application: Use QGIS/ArcGIS for model design and related database development.

• Programming: Utilize SQL, Python, R, or other programming languages for model development.

• Research and Analysis: Conduct research on design, data development, and statistical analyses to improve modeling approaches

You will present modeling results to various stakeholders, including clients, TRB and IBTTA conference attendees, and model user groups, through exceptional technical writing and verbal communication skills

Join our dynamic team and unlock your potential with this unparalleled opportunity to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Data Science, or a related field

• 4+ years of relevant transportation modeling experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

• Experience and knowledge of the principles, practices, and objectives of transportation planning applications, specifically the 4-Step process of travel demand modeling, Activity-Based Models, micro-simulation, and dynamic traffic assignment.

• Experience and knowledge of GIS and database analysis, including developing scripts to process data in and out of GIS files or automated routines in QGIS / ArcGIS.

• Experience and knowledge of choice models, development, and application to travel demand, including the use of econometrics in estimating demand models from survey data.

• Programming experience with at least two of the following: Microsoft Visual Studio, SQL, C++, Python, R, JAVA.

• Experience and knowledge of travel demand modeling software, such as Cube, TransCAD, TRANSIMS, and VISUM

Preferred:

• Utilization of advanced techniques with modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices of planning sciences, data sciences and related disciplines.

• Master’s or PhD degree in related field

Additional Information

• Relocation is not an option for this position

• Visa support is not an option for this position

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $75,000.00 - $110,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.