NOTE: This recruitment will be open until filled. It is to the candidate’s advantage to apply early. First round assessment will be conducted on November 10, 2017. The agency reserves the right to make an appointment any time after the initial screening date.
 
The Opportunity: Are you passionate about data and analytics? Do you enjoy improving processes through the leveraging of logic and facts? Are you someone who sees well-considered strategy as the bedrock of any good process? Are you interested in working on a high-functioning, talented team where the best ideas – not the chain of command – determine the path forward? If you answered yes to these questions, the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Public Transportation Division has an amazing opportunity for you!
 
We are seeking a professional to join our data analysis team as a Performance Analyst. The position will be stationed at our Seattle office, in beautiful and historic Pioneer Square.

In addition to doing rewarding work that truly makes a difference for our state’s future, our division focuses on developing talent and nurturing a healthy work environment. We want our employees to use their strengths on work that energizes them. We focus on helping you gain new skills and putting you on a path to success.

We are also dedicated to continual improvement as an organization through Lean Six Sigma techniques and other strategies to thoughtfully remove waste and increase consistency.

Above all, though, we value relationships, collaboration, and treating everyone with respect, as we have witnessed the incredible productivity of a happy, engaged, and motivated workforce.

If this sounds like an opportunity that would fit well with you values – dedication to a healthy work culture; deep concern about customer satisfaction; passion for excellence; desire to champion the use of data and analysis to make our state a better place to live and work – please consider applying!

At WSDOT, we actively promote and honor diversity in the workplace and support one another with respect and trust. If you would like to join our team-oriented environment, with the potential for a great deal of career stability and growth, definitely consider a career opportunity with WSDOT.
 
This position will perform the following work:

• Lead WSDOT’s construction impact analysis program that reduces the risk of traffic disruption and project schedule delays via early identification and resolution of construction schedule and traffic conflicts.
• Manage development of systems and processes to streamline and improve construction traffic planning and mitigation, and foster new ideas and methods of capturing and sharing data in order to minimize and mitigate traffic impacts.
• Create construction “hot spot” maps.
• Lead the technical components of the Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Program, including training CTR jurisdiction representatives on creating and implementing CTR surveys; troubleshooting CTR surveying; and overseeing the initial creation of CTR data from the surveys, including cleaning data, quality assessment, and troubleshooting data control issues.
• Oversee various technical CTR components, including the web-based survey tool and WSDOT’s CTR application website, with an eye towards improvement of collection methods and data validation.
• Serve as a liaison to various local, county, regional, and state CTR stakeholders, answering questions and disseminating information.
• Develop methodologies for analyzing CTR data and utilizing the results to inform policy and implementation of the statewide CTR program.
• Guide data documentation efforts across a wide range of projects to help steer decision-making.

An ideal candidate for this position will have:

• Bachelor’s degree involving a major study in transportation, landscape architecture, environmental, urban, or land use planning, engineering, public or business administration, economics, biology, natural or physical sciences, or public policy or administration.

AND

• Three years professional experience involving data collection, analysis, and/or evaluation of issues and problems (A Master’s degree in one of the above fields will substitute for two years of required experience).

OR

• One year as a Transportation Planning Specialist 2, Transportation Engineer 2, Landscape Designer 2, or equivalent classification in city or county agencies.

OR

• Equivalent education and experience.

Note: This position is covered by a union shop provision. Therefore, as a condition of employment, you are required to become a member of the PTE, Local 17, or arrange to pay that union a representational fee. The union shop requirement shall be effective on the first day of the month following the employee’s initial 30 days in this classification.
 
How to Apply: Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Please select the large “apply” button at the top of this announcement. You may need to set up an account profile. To be considered for this position you will need to answer the supplemental questions, as part of the supplemental questions you will need to provide a letter of interest. Your letter of interest should describe how your experience, training and education make you a viable and competitive candidate for this position.
 
Contact us: For inquiries about this position, please contact Erik Lunke at 360-705-7747 or email to lunkee@wsdot.wa.gov.  Please reference recruitment number 17DOT-HQ-04256.
 
The Washington State Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, and disabled and Vietnam era veterans are encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may call or email the recruiter.