Transportation and Financial Data Analysis and Visualization Specialist
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. AECOM scores B on the Alion truth index.
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AECOM is actively growing the NYC Transportation Planning practice and is seeking a creative, highly talented Transportation Data Analysis and Visualization Specialist within the Transportation Business Line. The successful candidate will have experience overseeing and developing planning projects focused on using data analytics, transportation/transit planning, benchmarking, and financial analysis in support of capital program tracking, budgeting, and sequencing projects and capital programs for various federal/State/City agency clients in the NY Metropolitan Region.
In this role, you can expect to:
- Lead efforts to collect, organize, analyze, and visualize transportation data to support agency decision-making for infrastructure projects within the New York Metro area.
- Develop frameworks and execute coding of data analysis for large-scale data sources, including ETL processes and data platform integration.
- Create intuitive dashboards and reports using Power BI, Tableau, and other visualization platforms to support design, maintenance, planning, and budgeting departments.
- Serve as primary interface with clients and regulatory personnel on complex projects and business development initiatives.
- Manage financial modeling, cost controls, capital programming, and performance tracking to support regulatory agency requirements and project delivery.
- Coordinate and direct project field and data collection efforts, including client visits and field activities as necessary.
- Develop and deliver high-quality proposals, manage interdisciplinary teams, and produce comprehensive report deliverables.
- Maintain, update, and integrate legacy systems (CPAS, Oracle ERP, PRINTS AUX, ECMS, FTA TrAMs) to automate capital project data reporting.
- Mentor junior and mid-level staff and provide technical support to Project Managers and Planning Department personnel.
- Proactively enforce a culture of high-quality work and Health & Safety standards within the team.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in data analytics and transportation planning.
- Support design-bid-build and design-build infrastructure projects and collaborate across AECOM offices and business lines.
Minimum Requirements:
- BA/BS in civil engineering, environmental science, economics, statistics, data science, urban planning, natural resources, or an earth science-related field plus 8 years of experience of demonstrated equivalency of experience and / or education.
- Experience with the ETL process and programming language for data analysis, like SQL/Python/R.
- Experience with New York Metro agencies including Metro North, MTA, PANYNJ, NJT.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 15+ years industry experience, preferably with data analytics and data modeling.
- Certification in project management (i.e. - PMP or similar).
- Experience with large-scale data sets.
- Experience with the ETL process and programming language for data analysis, like SQL/Python/R.
- Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
- Relocation is not available for this position.
- THIS POSTING IS FOR A CURRENT VACANCY, AND AECOM INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY December 29, 2026.
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