Transit Ridership Forecasting Lead

Transit Ridership Forecasting Lead

STV Advisory Group

STV is hiring a Lead Transit Ridership Forecaster to deepen our uniquely talented national transportation planning practice.

The Lead Forecaster is a self-motivated professional with a passion for client service, technical excellence, and team mentoring. Where a candidate has demonstrated industry leadership and innovation, we wish to support and amplify these unique skill-sets.

The successful candidate will provide strategic and technical leadership across multiple project teams with a focus on transit agency clients who are responding to community needs and improving transit services at the regional, corridor, and project levels, through all phases of planning, project development, and operational refinement.

The role supports strategy and delivery for our agency clients, and is integral to ongoing and future business as STV continues to invest in our Advisory Services and national Transit Practice. Current STV team members are highly accomplished in complementary disciplines – transit service planning, federal grant strategy, corridor project development, and multi-modal operations analysis – giving the successful candidate an excellent foundation to grow an industry-leading practice.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage technical delivery of transit ridership forecasts and documentation using a range of industry tools, including FTA’s STOPS model
• Develop innovative tools and approaches to meet client needs and local, state, and federal standards
• Structure and deliver user surveys of travel patterns and modal preference
• Develop innovative approaches to transit performance measurement; apply these in programmatic and project contexts
• Oversee travel demand forecasting for regional/corridor-based highway projects, working with specialists in deploying modeling tools including TransCAD
• Oversee collaborative work to model multi-modal transportation performance, interfacing with modeling software such as SYNCHRO/VISSIM microsimulation tools and VMT/GHG modeling tools to augment the abilities of the practice

Practice Development Responsibilities:

• Cultivate strong STV relationships with client counterparts, supporting positive working relationships among staff at different levels of the organization
• Work directly with clients, other managers, and discipline leads to develop work scopes, budgets, schedules and clear project delivery plans
• Collaborate with other managers to ensure tasks and projects meet or exceed forecasted profit margins
• Manage the work of subconsultant partners to ensure thorough, accurate work products across firms and disciplines
• Develop and carry out plans to grow the Transit Forecasting practice capabilities and book of work

Job Requirements:

• Experience delivering effective presentations and facilitating informed decisions working with project teams and agency stakeholders
• Strong technically based leadership skills with proficient understanding of interrelated disciplines, process requirements, and technical standards
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to form effective relationships
• Strong project management skills; PMP or other management training is desirable
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Planning, or related discipline; Master’s Degree is desirable
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of experience of increasing responsibility in transportation modeling and transit forecasting
• Licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) or Certified Planner (AICP) is preferred
• Ability to travel is highly desirable

Compensation Range:

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At STV, we are fully committed to expanding our culture of diversity and inclusion, one that will reflect the clients we serve and the communities we work in, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

STV offers the following benefits • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) • Disability insurance • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment • 401(k) Plan • Retirement Counseling • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Time Off (16 days) • Paid Holidays (8 days) • Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) • Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) • Continuing Education Program • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.