Multimodal Traffic Analyst & Data Specialist

City-of-Billings,-M; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Billings seeks a transportation planning professional to perform a variety of technical tasks, including traffic counts, multimodal studies, parking analyses, accident data review, and drone photography. Work under general supervision to develop recommendations for city staff and the public based on collected data.

The role supports professional engineering and planning staff, maintains transportation data and maps, and coordinates with other agencies.

Qualifications

• Specialized training beyond high school that can be obtained in one year or less and a total of one or more years of combined education and experience, or equivalent
• A valid Montana driver's license or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of employment
• Must have strong interpersonal skills
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test

Responsibilities

• Conduct and participate in field traffic studies including manual traffic counts, turning movement counts, speed studies, pedestrian gap studies, intersection delay studies, trail and bike lane usage counts, classification studies, and origin-destination studies.
• Deploy, relocate and retrieve automated traffic counters for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian volume counts.
• Conduct signal, stop and yield warrant analyses; intersection sight distance analyses; prepare stopping sight distance calculations.
• Perform traffic signal timing calculations for individual signals and signal systems; collect and analyze travel time data to evaluate corridor timing plans.
• Collect and analyze data for special parking studies, including bicycle parking.
• Collect and analyze data regarding neighborhood traffic control.
• Maintain accident report files; compile accident rates, severity ratios, and other statistics; prepare accident diagrams.
• Prepare recommendations to City staff, school district personnel, and the public regarding a variety of traffic and pedestrian related issues.
• Contribute to a team environment for the City and County in evaluating, analyzing and making determinations for transportation improvements across the transportation system.
• Respond to requests for traffic data and information from the general public, outside agencies, developers and others as required.
• Research records, maps and other information to obtain data pertaining to assigned projects.
• Prepare reports and studies following accepted practices and standards.
• Ability to collect, manage and maintain web-based maps, dashboards, data viewers, and other transportation information published on the City website.

Job description

City of Billings seeks a transportation planning professional to perform a variety of technical tasks, including traffic counts, multimodal studies, parking analyses, accident data review, and drone photography. Work under general supervision to develop recommendations for city staff and the public based on collected data.

The role supports professional engineering and planning staff, maintains transportation data and maps, and coordinates with other agencies.