Overview
Senior Freight Analyst Jobs in New York, New York, USA at DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Location: New York
Job Description
New York City’s economic vitality and livability as a world-class city depend on a robust logistics and supply chain network that serves our 8.5 million residents, supports over 4 million jobs, and welcomes 62 million tourists annually. With close to 90% of the city’s goods being transported by trucks, the Department of Transportation is committed to reinventing freight transportation solutions and addressing critical challenges related to goods movement.
The Division of Transportation Planning & Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City’s streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists.
The Freight Mobility (FM) Unit within TPM is dedicated to advancing transformative infrastructure projects, programs, and policies to improve the safety, efficiency, andsustainabilityof goods movement, ensuring that residents and businesses get the goods they need without compromising livability.
TPM is seeking an ambitious, highly organized, and motivated candidate who is passionate about transforming the future of freight transportation in one of the world’s mostdynamiccities, to serve as a Senior Freight Analyst within its Freight Mobility Unit. Reporting to the Program Lead for Policy and Planning, the Senior Freight Analyst will work on a variety of primarily grant-funded projects to collect, analyze, synthesize, and interpret adiverseset of freight transportation data and economic data, and market trends.
The Senior Freight Analyst will support various planning studies to develop data-driven insights and collaborate with planners and engineers to develop freight models and estimations, scenario planning, leveraging emerging data sources, anonymized commercial GPS data. This position will play a critical role in analyzing and interpreting complex data sets to inform our regional freight policy and program development efforts.
Key responsibilities include:
Conduct economic and planning research studies to inform policy, program, and project development;
Analyze and interpret complex data sets to identify freight trends and patterns;
Develop predictive models to forecast urban freight transportation trends and demand;
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather and analyze data;
Prepare standard reports, presentations, and effectively communicate analyses and results and recommendations;
Build and maintain relationships with industry experts, government agencies, and research organizations.
Minimum Qualifications
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master’s degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health. To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administ…
Title: Senior Freight Analyst
Company: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Location: New York, New York, USA
Category: Transportation
