Senior Transportation Planner/Modeler

ATCS Inc.; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ATCS Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Transportation Planner/Modeler to join our hybrid team. The role focuses on advanced travel and land use modeling, calibration, input data creation, and project communication.

You will work with CUBE, TransCad, Synchro, and VISSIM, using Python or R to analyze data and present findings to diverse audiences. This position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for full-time staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in traffic engineering or transportation planning.
• 10+ years of travel demand forecast modeling and related modeling work.
• Familiarity with travel demand forecast software including CUBE, TransCad, Synchro and VISSIM.
• Programming skills in Python and/or R to collect, clean, code and analyze data.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a project and team environment.

Responsibilities

• Apply travel models to forecast travel behavior, assess system performance and policy impacts.
• Apply urban/land use models to forecast land use patterns and trends.
• Calibrate and validate models, including datasets and sensitivity tests, and draft technical reports.
• Create model input data including demographic, land use, transport network and policy scenarios.
• Interpret modeling outputs and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Create and maintain documentation for datasets, processes, and codebases.
• Contribute to data analytics tool improvements and streamline data pipelines.
• Support other traffic operations analyses and traffic engineering tasks as needed.

Skills

Python

R

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in traffic engineering/ transportation planning

Tools

CUBE

TransCad

Synchro

VISSIM

Job description

ATCS is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Senior Transportation Planner/Modeler to join our growing team! Based out of our Herndon, VA headquarters, this hybrid position offers a stimulating environment where you can contribute to impactful projects and advance your career.

Job Responsibilities

• Applying travel models to forecast travel behavior, assess transportation system performance, and analyze impacts of transportation-related policies.
• Applying urban models (also known as land use models or socio‑economic models) to forecast land use patterns and households and employment trends and analyze land use related policies.
• Conducting model calibration and validation, including but not limited to, preparing calibration/validation datasets, designing and conducting model sensitivity tests, drafting technical reports.
• Creating model input data, including but not limited to demographic characteristics, land use conditions, transportation network, and policy scenarios.
• Interpreting modeling output and communicating analytical findings with technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for datasets, processes, and codebases.
• Contributing to the larger team’s effort in improving data analytical tools and processes, such as researching and adopting coding best practices, streamlining data pipeline, automating repetitive tasks, utilizing collaborative tools and platforms, etc.
• Supporting other traffic operations analyses and traffic engineering tasks as needed.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an appropriate field related to traffic engineering and/or transportation planning.
• 10+ years of travel demand forecast modeling, network modeling and/or socioeconomic modeling.
• Familiarity with the travel demand forecast software including but not limited to CUBE, TransCad, Synchro and/or VISSIM.
• Programming skills in Python and/or R to collect, clean, code and analyze data.
• Interpersonal skills and an ability to work in a project and team environment.

Desired

• Experience synthesizing technical information to facilitate good policy and planning decisions.
• Data visualization experience.
• Knowledge of the complexity of the transportation system and land use/transportation issues.

Our employees are the most critical part of ATCS. For this position, we offer a competitive salary range of $105,000 to $150,00 per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications. The role is also eligible for an annual bonus, with a target 2% of the employee’s annualized salary. In addition to compensation, ATCS offers outstanding, employee‑focused benefits for you and your family. Full‑time employees are eligible for benefits coverage on the first day of the month following their start date. Including, but not limited to: generous personal PTO, inclusive holiday PTO, community involvement PTO, highly customizable medical plan options, excellent dental & vision plans, 401K match up to 3% with immediate vesting, parental leave, STD & LTD, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program and more.

ATCS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. ATCS is committed to providing equal opportunities and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact Caitlin Crockett, MBA, SPHR at [e-mail]