Transportation Analyst (Multiple Positions)

Initial Posting Date

03/25/2025

Application Deadline

04/15/2025

Agency

Department of Transportation

Salary Range

$5,392 - $8,359

Position Type

Employee

Position Title

Transportation Analyst (Multiple Positions)

Job Description

Associate in Engineering 2 – Transportation Analyst (Multiple Positions)

Oregon Department of Transportation

Policy, Data & Analysis Division

Transportation Planning Analysis Unit

Salem

The Role

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We're looking for a two transportation analyst to conduct analysis, work with transportation models and support development and reporting of performance measures. Bring your strong data skillset to support a suite of technical tools, procedures, and models. Come gain critical engineering experience, work with a collaborative team and set yourself up on a great career path. Apply today!

This position is housed within the Transportation Planning Analysis Unit (TPAU). TPAU provides essential analysis and technical support to inform policy, planning, project development and system operation activities. TPAU has and continues to be at the forefront in this field, including developing several nationally recognized tools and models!

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through our values, commitments, strategies and actions.

Before applying, visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile.

A Day In The Life

• Support development and application of transportation models including the statewide integrated model (SWIM), VisionEval and travel demand models.
• Perform transportation facility and system analysis (e.g., safety, multimodal, traffic, environmental).
• Use Geographic Information System (GIS), database tools, and scripts to develop, report, and display data.
• Support the development and reporting of transportation system performance measures.
• Support development and maintenance of technical procedures, guidance, tools, and platforms—including ODOT’s Analysis Procedures Manual (APM).
• Prepare and present technical deliverables including reports, memos, procedures and guidelines.
• Review and comment on technical deliverables and scopes of work prepared by others.
• Work in an office environment 1-2 days a month with hybrid work options available.
• On occasion, in-state and out-of-state travel may be required, including overnight travel and lodging.
• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.
• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6%.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!
  
  

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Minimum Qualifications

Completion of and passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam AND one year of experience applying professional engineering theory, principles and methods.

What We’d Like To See

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with ODOT values to help us decide who will move forward.

• Experience preparing, developing and statistically analyzing data.
• Experience conducting transportation planning analysis including applying technical methods, tools and models.
• Experience preparing technical products, documents and effectively communicating technical information to varied audiences.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team setting and managing multiple work assignments.
  
  

How To Apply

• Complete the following required steps:
• Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.
• Attach a cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section above.
• Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.
• Please address your cover letter to Christopher Melson, Transportation Planning Analysis Unit Manager.
• Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the desired qualities.
• You must upload your cover letter in the ‘Resume/Cover Letter’ section of the application.
• Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.
• After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.
• If you are a veteran, you may receive preference. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.
  

Need help?

• For questions, call 503-779-9733 or email ODOTRecruitmentJB@odot.oregon.gov.
  
  

Additional Information

• This classification is currently undergoing a statewide classification study.
• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension].
• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.
• We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, not including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.
• You will be represented by the Association of Engineering Employees of Oregon (AEE).
  
  

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

Transportation Engineering, Professional Engineering