Consultant, Data Science

WSP USA, part of one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms, is dedicated to serving local communities. The company employs over 15,000 professionals across 300+ offices in the U.S., focusing on buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Assist with sourcing, collecting, and analyzing structured and unstructured data from transportation sources and financial reports.
• Identify data anomalies to determine data-analytics issues with the greatest opportunities.
• Prepare transportation applications using data visualizations and reports summarizing research findings.
• Apply Statistical and Machine Learning methods to transportation and safety analytics problems.
• Ensure data quality throughout acquisition and processing stages.
• Assist in the design, development, and evaluation of innovative models.
• Handle client requests to ensure project completion and usefulness of results.
• Deliver professional results on projects and proposals.
• Complete training on assigned tasks.
• Exercise ethical decision-making in regard to company funds and resources.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid sick leave and vacation.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings.

This role requires you to have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in math, computer programming, statistics, data analysis, transportation, or related field.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in transportation or related field as a data scientist/analyst.
• Familiarity with transportation data sources such as Google API, Replica, StreetLight, Inrix, GTFS, transit ridership, and crash data.
• Strong R skills and ability to create custom dashboards in R Shiny.
• Proficiency with databases and strong SQL skills.
• Strong geospatial analysis skills, ideally in R and Postgres/PostGIS.
• Familiarity with business intelligence tools and big data technologies.
• Experience in data management practices and exploratory data analysis.
• Analytical mindset with sound judgment in applying logic and making decisions.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to articulate complex data simply and effectively.

You would benefit from having:

• Membership or active participation in local professional practice organizations.

WSP USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employees are expected to uphold workplace safety and adhere to health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.