APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15, 2019 3:00PM ET
Have you ever wanted to influence and improve the effectiveness of transportation infrastructure at the national level? Are you detail-oriented and committed to producing economic products? Join us as we lead the development of new and improved approaches to infrastructure economics modeling and analysis.
You will learn to create economic analysis related to our Nation's transportation systems that are used by government officials, researchers, and the American people. To achieve your learning objectives, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with those other DOT offices and Federal agencies that help maintain infrastructure and economic data and analytical capabilities. Your learning opportunities will also include the ability to participate in inter-agency efforts relating to the development and improvement of transportation economic modeling and analytical applications.
Who are we? We are the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology. Our office is charged with providing and expanding opportunities for research collaboration and coordination, while upholding the integrity and impartiality of transportation statistical data.
Qualifications
The qualified candidate should be currently pursuing or have received a master's or doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields, with coursework in economics. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.
Preferred skills:
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Self-starter with the ability to perform with limited supervision and changing outcome goals
- Knowledge of and interest in U.S. transportation systems
- Experience presenting results in a clear, effective, and attractive manner to inform next steps
- Proficiency translating high level business requirements into detailed design specifications
- Ability to function across various offices and work units to obtain information, collaborate on data-related projects, and validate findings and conclusions
- Ability to collaborate with subject matter experts to identify and mitigate data limitations
- Experience using various programming languages to create processes that identify variation, investigate patterns and perform data interpretation against large datasets is a plus
For a full description of this opportunity and to submit your application, visit https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDOT-2019-0006.
If you have any questions, send an email to USDOT@orau.org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity (USDOT-2019-0006) in your email.
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