Senior Transport Analyst/Modeller

Greater Wellington; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 104,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work policy

Learning & development

Employee assistance program

Tangihanga leave

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Greater Wellington is seeking an experienced Senior Transport Modeller/Analyst to join the Wellington Transport Analytics Unit (WTAU). The role supports Hutt City Council and the wider Wellington region with modelling, analytics and disruption planning.

The successful candidate will lead disruption modelling, deliver network performance assessments and contribute to evidence-based transport planning. Flexible and remote work options apply, with travel for meetings as required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in transport modelling, transport planning or transport analytics.
• Experience using AIMSUN or comparable traffic modelling software.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with councils, consultants and transport stakeholders.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead transport disruption scenario modelling using the existing Hutt City AIMSUN model.
• Deliver travel time, delay, queue and network performance assessments.
• Support evidence-based transport planning, business cases and investment decision making.
• Maintain and enhance Hutt City Council transport disruption dashboards.
• Communicate modelling results to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to broader WTAU transport modelling and analytics projects.

Skills

Transport modelling

Transport planning

Transport analytics

AIMSUN experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaborative work

Education

Tertiary qualification in a related discipline

Tools

AIMSUN

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Transport Modeller/Analyst to join the Wellington Transport Analytics Unit (WTAU) to help deliver transport modelling, analytics and disruption planning advice for Hutt City Council and the wider Wellington region.

What you need to know:

• Full-time, fixed-term position for 12 months.
• Wellington-based role with flexible and remote working arrangements available for the right candidate. Travel to Wellington will be required for key stakeholder meetings, team events and other in-person activities.
• We welcome applications from candidates employed by other agencies who are interested in this role as a secondment opportunity.

About the role:

The Wellington Transport Analytics Unit (WTAU) is a regional centre of excellence providing transport modelling and analytical services to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Greater Wellington and local authority partners across the Wellington region. WTAU has the specialist expertise, tools and modelling capability required to support evidence-based transport planning and decision-making.

This role has been established in partnership with Hutt City Council to meet increasing demand for disruption planning, travel time forecasting and transport resilience across the Hutt City transport network.

As the successful candidate, you will contribute to both the Hutt City Council programme and WTAU's wider regional work programme.

Key responsibilities

• Lead transport disruption scenario modelling using the existing Hutt City AIMSUN model.
• Deliver travel time, delay, queue and network performance assessments.
• Support evidence-based transport planning, business cases and investment decision making.
• Maintain and enhance Hutt City Council transport disruption dashboards.
• Communicate modelling results to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to broader WTAU transport modelling and analytics projects.

Skills and experience required

• Significant experience in transport modelling, transport planning or transport analytics.
• Experience using AIMSUN or comparable traffic modelling software.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with councils, consultants and transport stakeholders.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in a related discipline.

What we offer:

• Work to suit your life and whānau with our flexible working policy.
• We'll encourage you to grow and prosper with a range of learning and development opportunities, internal secondments and career progression
• Your wellbeing is our priority - we'll provide support through our employee assistance programme or Manawa Ora providers, along with Tangihanga leave and support
• We want you to have a sense of belonging, where you can reflect your personal and cultural identity in the way that you work.
• Social clubs, staff networks and a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Great working environments across our beautiful region.

Come help treasure and grow our rohe together

Our rohe and its lands, waterways, animals, plants and people can only grow stronger if they are nurtured.

To join our team is to step up and commit to playing an active part in this important mahi. That means restoring nature, connecting people and places, reducing environmental impacts and helping this rohe and its people prosper.

We are part of a collective movement alongside mana whenua and community members whose hopes for the future of this region are just as high as your own.

Our efforts across environmental management, public transport, flood protection, regional parks and water supply are interconnected and integral to treasuring our rohe and growing our future.

Greater Wellington is an accredited Living Wage Employer. We're committed to making sure our people, including people in our supply chain, earn enough to meet life's basic needs, support their whānau, and participate fully in their communities.

The salary range for this position, inclusive of all benefits is $104,176 - $156,265 with a mid-point of $130,220. Starting remuneration will depend on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.

Agency applications won't be considered at this time.