US Economist

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Job Description

Turner & Townsend is looking for a US Economist to join our team. We are looking for a senior specialist who has extensive experience advising leadership on US economic trends and impacts.

Responsibilities:

1. Production of Turner & Townsend’s US market intelligence reports. All aspects of delivery undertaken each quarter, including content creation, design support and project management.
2. Support the delivery of Turner & Townsend’s annual International Construction Market Survey. Regional management of data collation, quality assurance and content review.
3. Respond to journalists’ queries, undertake media interviews and create externally facing insight articles to help build Turner & Townsend’s brand and presence in the US market.
4. Regular delivery of presentations and webinars to global key accounts and at external and internal events.
5. Delivery of fee earning work (forecasting / benchmarking / sector and country market reports etc.) to maintain existing outputs, generate new opportunities and enhance service offering.
6. Facilitate business support function and support the US Cost Management division on the provision of construction economic information and research as required / requested.
7. Uphold a database of external and proprietary statistical data, making sure processes are compliant, and generating a series of dashboard reports with collated data.
8. Maintain an online library of construction intelligence reports and have good knowledge of where relevant analysis and data can be sourced.
9. Develop and cascade US economic forecasts for GDP, Construction Spending and Labor Force data, amongst other core variables that influence the US construction industry and economy.
10. Utilize economic forecasts to strategically advise our leadership team on directions based on model outputs and communicate with market sector leads on sector specific trends.

Qualifications

Desirable experience and skills:

1. 10+ years of work experience in the field of economics and/or consultancy, ideally in the US
2. Prior experience advising in the construction or engineering industry is a plus
3. Proven track record of advising corporations on economic trends
4. Previous line management responsibility
5. Competence with programming languages (STATA, R and E-Views etc.)
6. Understanding of visual analytics software (Tableau and Microsoft Power BI etc.)
7. Knowledge of econometric techniques: impact assessment; cost benefit analysis; and timeseries models are desirable
8. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
9. Excellent written and oral communication skills
10. Ability to work using own initiative and without close supervision
11. Bachelors in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or Economics
12. A Master’s degree in Economics is preferred

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs

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