People and Freight Transportation Analyst
Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP
Tampa, FL0–4 yrsJust nowvia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 4 years · Master's degree
- Must know
- Stakeholder managementData analysisBudgetingData visualizationStatisticsPython
- Nice to have
- OperationsSQL
- Work
- On-site in Tampa
- Pay
- $60K–$110K a year
- Skill demand
- Stakeholder management33%Budgeting28%Data analysis26%Data visualization19%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 10, 2026 · still open
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Key Responsibilities
- Support transportation systems management and operations, advanced technology, traffic operations, transportation planning, and freight mobility projects using:
- travel demand modeling
- traffic operations modeling
- systems engineering
- stakeholder outreach and engagement
- advanced data analytics
- Conduct freight transportation planning studies for multimodal transportation, freight mobility, supply chain, and logistics planning.
- Analyze multimodal mobility using large and emerging transportation datasets to identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improving system performance.
- Develop traffic forecasts, origin-destination analyses, commodity flow assessments, truck parking evaluations, and transportation network performance measures.
- Support freight modeling and analytics, including logistics optimization, network analysis, and scenario evaluation.
- Assist in developing technical reports, public-facing transportation plans, data visualizations, GIS products, and presentations.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver freight planning, transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic operations, and mobility projects.
Project Assignments
- Project assignments may include statewide, regional, corridor, port, airport, rail, intermodal, and last-mile freight modeling and planning studies.
- Responsibilities may include processing and integrating large multimodal datasets, developing decision-support tools, conducting statistical analyses, and supporting freight, transportation modeling, and ITS planning initiatives.
- Analysis may include all modes of travel for people and goods (street, highway, air, rail, seaport, and emerging modes such as drone delivery) for urban, suburban, and rural environments.
- Analysis may also include processing big and emerging transportation data sources such as connected vehicle or probe data.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Master's degree in Freight Transportation, Data Science, Planning, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as Python or R for data processing and analytics.
- Coursework or experience planning for and evaluating multimodal transportation systems for people and freight, including street, highway, rail, port, airport, pipeline, and intermodal freight operations.
- Coursework or experience regarding the application of transportation planning, traffic engineering, and travel demand modeling principles.
- Ability to effectively communicate technical information, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet project deadlines.
Preferred Requirements
- General understanding of freight transportation planning, logistics, and supply chain principles.
- Practical experience with VISUM & VISSIM.
- General understanding of travel demand modeling and transportation forecasting principles.
- Familiarity with multimodal transportation data sources such as RITIS, INRIX, StreetLight, HERE, FAF, TRANSEARCH, ATRI, Geotab, BTS Freight Analysis Framework, port and rail datasets, and Census Freight-related data.
- Experience processing, integrating, and analyzing large transportation datasets using statistical and data analytics techniques.
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and data visualization methods.
- Familiarity with freight demand forecasting, origin-destination analysis, commodity flow analysis, and freight performance measurement.
- Understanding of network optimization concepts related to freight transportation, logistics, routing, distribution, and supply chain analysis.
- Working knowledge of GIS software (ArcGIS Pro/QGIS) and spatial analysis.
- Familiarity with SQL and database management is desirable.
- Open to learning and applying emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics to freight planning and transportation decision-making.
Compensation
- The expected compensation range for this position is $60,000.00 - $110,000.00.