[Remote] Senior Travel Demand Modeler
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BGE, Inc. is a nationwide civil engineering consulting firm offering diverse career opportunities. They are looking to hire a Senior Travel Demand Modeler who will assist in designing travel model architecture and conduct statistical analyses of travel survey data to develop model parameters.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the designs of travel model architecture customized to meet transportation analysis objectives in the state or metropolitan area under study
- Statistically analyzes household and transit onboard travel survey data in order to develop model parameters and estimate model
- Works with and creates CUBE Voyager and TransCAD GISDK scripts
- Performs computer programming related to travel demand modeling and traffic analysis
- Conducting statistical analyses of travel survey and passively-collected transportation data
- Defines variables, coefficients, and constants to estimate a model likely to replicate observed transportation system travel behavior
- Using iterative testing, calibrates the model coefficients to produce statistically reliable results to match target confidence and error levels based on project objectives
- Using the calibrated model, validates the model to existing conditions to insure performance
- Develop macros and scripts to execute individual model components, manage input-output data handling among the models and provide a user interface to organize output data into exhibits and reports to provide results in a format designed to meet analysis objectives
- Applies the models to forecast future transportation system performance under varying conditions and project scenarios to test the feasibility and economic viability of major highway and transit infrastructure projects
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Transportation Engineering, Transportation Planning, or a closely related field
- Minimum 8 years of experience working with travel demand models
- Proficiency in at least one travel demand model environment with exposure to others (e.g. TransCAD, Cube Voyager)
- Programming experience in Python (pandas, NumPy), R, VB, GISDK, or other model scripting languages or other programming languages
- Ability to plan, organize and manage the technical components of a travel demand modeling project
- Specific technical training in and experience with statistics and statistical packages, geographic information systems (GIS), travel demand models
- Experience in carrying out travel demand model estimation, calibration and validation
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in the production of model documentation and technical reports
- Experience with Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S
- Master's degree in Urban Planning, GIS, Geography or Transportation Engineering/Planning
- 10 years of experience preferred
Benefits
- 401k Match: 100% up to 4% of your contributions with immediate vesting + 3% Safe Harbor Contribution with immediate vesting
- Merit-Based Bonus Compensation
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance; BGE contributes to HSA on eligible plans
- 9 paid Holidays, including 3 Floating holidays
- Personal Time Allowances
- 2 to 4 weeks of Vacation, depending on experience-level. Unused vacation carries over to the next year.
- "Unlimited" Sick Days.
- Mentorship Program – Provides you with the opportunity to learn and receive guidance from seasoned professionals.
- Employee Referral Program that pays you for bringing great people into the BGE family
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