Senior Traffic & Revenue Analyst

Highways (Cintra); Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferrovial, Cintra's traffic & revenue team, seeks a Senior/Principal professional to lead forecasting and analysis for toll-road and managed-lane projects in Texas.

Responsibilities include building T&R models, data collection, and presenting strategic recommendations to executives while coordinating with Finance, Legal, and Operations. International travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, transportation, urban planning, data science, statistics, finance, or another quantitative field; master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in T&R forecasting, transportation demand modeling, toll roads, managed lanes, transportation consulting, infrastructure investment, or concession operations.
• Experience with data analysis and one or more of the following: network modeling, discrete choice modeling, econometrics, financial modeling, GIS, statistics, or databases.
• Strong quantitative, critical-thinking, project-management, technical writing, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead traffic, revenue, socioeconomic, and operating analyses for toll-road and managed-lane projects and concessions.
• Develop, maintain, review, and document spreadsheet-based and network-based T&R models, forecasts, assumptions, scenarios, and sensitivities.
• Assess traffic demand, toll revenue, pricing, toll elasticity, value of time, willingness to pay, diversion, ramp-up, vehicle mix, socioeconomic trends, and forecast uncertainty.
• Design or oversee traffic data collection programs, including counts, travel-time studies, origin-destination research, customer surveys, and market research.
• Perform and oversee QA/QC of data, models, calculations, reports, presentations, and interfaces with financial models.
• Analyze concession performance against budgets, prior forecasts, and investment cases; identify key drivers.
• Support bids, due diligence, acquisitions, financing, budgeting, long-term planning, and other investment or concession activities.
• Coordinate with Finance, Operations, Legal, Business Development, concession teams, and external advisors during procurement of major project development.
• Manage the scope, schedule, and deliverables of external advisors, and review their work for accuracy and consistency.
• Report assumptions, methods, results, risks, and limitations accurately to stakeholders.
• Follow confidentiality, ethics, and compliance requirements for project information.
• Prepare and present clear technical reports, strategic memos, and executive presentations.

Skills

T&R forecasting

data analysis

quantitative skills

presentation skills

team mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/economics/transportation/urban planning/data science

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

TransCAD

Cube

GIS

Python

R

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Ferrovial is also leading the development of the New Terminal One at JFK International Airport. Ferrovial shares trade under the ticker symbol FER on two stock markets: Nasdaq in the U.S. (Nasdaq100 Index) and the Spanish Stock Exchanges (IBEX 35). Ferrovial is included in globally recognized sustainability indices such as the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 22,000 professionals worldwide. Ferrovial’s activity is carried out through our business units, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.

Cintra is the highways business unit of Ferrovial, one of the world’s leading infrastructure operators committed to developing sustainable solutions. Today, its portfolio includes nearly 1,200 miles of managed highways globally, representing a total global investment in roadway improvements of over $24.8 billion. We provide the maximum value in each project, managing all phases of the life cycle of our state-of-the-art infrastructure assets, such as the 407 ETR in Canada, the Managed Lanes LBJ and NTE in Texas, I-77 in North Carolina, I-66 in Virginia and our projects in Europe, South America, and India.

Why Ferrovial?

• Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
• Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
• Inclusive Culture:Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
• Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
• Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
• Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.

Job Description:

About the Role

Cintra is seeking a Traffic & Revenue professional who may be hired at the Senior or Principal level based on experience, technical depth, leadership capability, and demonstrated scope of responsibility. The role supports major business development opportunities and operating concessions through traffic and revenue forecasting, performance analysis, pricing, and strategic decision support. At the Principal level, the position also defines Cintra’s technical approach and recommended T&R position for material investment decisions.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead traffic, revenue, socioeconomic, and operating analyses for toll-road and managed-lane projects and concessions.
• Develop, maintain, review, and document spreadsheet-based and network-based T&R models, forecasts, assumptions, scenarios, and sensitivities.
• Assess traffic demand, toll revenue, pricing, toll elasticity, value of time, willingness to pay, diversion, ramp-up, vehicle mix, socioeconomic trends, and forecast uncertainty.
• Design or oversee traffic data collection programs, including counts, travel-time studies, origin-destination research, customer surveys, and market research.
• Perform and oversee QA/QC of data, models, calculations, reports, presentations, and interfaces with financial models.
• Analyze concession performance against budgets, prior forecasts, and investment cases; identify key traffic, revenue, tolls, economic, and operational drivers.
• Support bids, due diligence, acquisitions, financing, budgeting, long-term planning, and other investment or concession activities.
• Coordinate with Finance, Operations, Legal, Business Development, concession teams, and external advisors during procurement of major project development.
• Manage the scope, schedule, and deliverables of external advisors, and review their work for accuracy, consistency with project assumptions, and documentation.
• Report assumptions, methods, results, risks, and limitations accurately and completely to internal and external stakeholders.
• Follow Cintra’s confidentiality, ethics, and compliance requirements when handling project information and working with external advisors and other third parties.
• Prepare and present clear technical reports, strategic memos, and executive presentations explaining assumptions, results, risks, and recommendations.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to technical standards, research, innovation, reusable tools, and continuous improvement.
• Serves as the primary T&R contact and in-house expert for one or more assigned projects or concessions.
• Oversees project-level QA/QC, coordinates consultant work, presents results, and recommends actions within the assigned scope.
• Mentors junior analysts and engineers and contributes to improvements in methods and tools.
• Leads Cintra’s recommended T&R position for bids, acquisitions, investments, financings, and material concession decisions.
• Provides portfolio-level oversight across multiple projects and concessions and focuses on complex, high-value, or high-risk matters.
• Manages the scope and deliverables of external advisors, reviews their work, and reports assumptions, results, and risks accurately to senior management and other stakeholders.
• Establishes technical standards and develops team-wide capability through reviews, coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, transportation, urban planning, data science, statistics, finance, or another relevant quantitative field; master’s degree preferred.
• Relevant experience in T&R forecasting, transportation demand modeling, toll roads, managed lanes, transportation consulting, infrastructure investment, or concession operations.
• Experience with data analysis and one or more of the following: network modeling, discrete choice modeling, econometrics, financial modeling, GIS, statistics, or databases.
• Strong quantitative, critical-thinking, project-management, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills; experience with TransCAD, Cube, GIS, Python, R, SQL, Power BI, statistical, econometric, or database tools preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Office-based role in a generally quiet work environment; travel, including domestic and international air travel, may be required.
• Regular computer use and verbal communication; frequent sitting, standing, and walking; occasional lifting or moving of up to 10 pounds.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!

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