Multimodal Transportation Planning Engineer

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an opportunity for a multimodal transportation planning and analysis engineer.  The applicant should have extensive expertise as a generalist or specialist as an emerging authority in the field of multimodal transportation and analysis.  Required skills include data mining, analysis via GIS, SQL, and modeling applied to transportation research, supporting strategic planning decision-making.

This position requires an individual with knowledge and expertise to perform the following:

• Develops and applies innovative data fusion, spatio-temporal data mining and analysis, and transportation modeling techniques on regional and project-specific marine transportation systems.
• Combines and synthesizes disparate data sets for road, rail, pipeline, and maritime modes of transportation to enable multimodal freight network analysis, performance monitoring, and scenario evaluations.
• Develops and applies novel transportation demand and network optimization methods in support of waterway investment strategies across a variety of spatial and temporal scales.
• Works with staff in related technical fields to support waterway engineering, regional sediment management, and navigation studies.
• Documents research objectives, methodologies, data sources, and significant findings in technical reports, conference proceedings, and peer reviewed journal publications.
• Performs technology transfer of information and developed tools to sponsors and customers at stakeholder meetings and to peers and colleagues at workshops, training courses, and national and international conferences.
• Manages all project resources to perform tasks according to plan; sets expectations concerning deliverability, performance, maintenance, design and costs.
• Estimates time frames, quality and quantity of resources required to successfully implement project.
• Develops single or multiple effort project plans incorporating the project variables.
• Conducts periodic status checks with customers and team to assess progress against the plan.
• Performs re-forecasts of project variables as necessary throughout project. Prepares weekly and monthly status reports on all project activities and issues.
• Acts as the primary liaison between customers and all company's departments.
• Utilizes excellent writing, editing, communications, presentation, human relations and interpersonal skills.
• Discusses and sells consulting services, discusses project planning and issues with customers.

Essential Functions Include:

• Interacts with senior customer personnel on significant technical matters, often requiring coordinated activity across organizational lines.
• Work is performed without appreciable direction.  Has latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment.  Completed work is reviewed over large time span--six months to a year.