The Northeast Corridor Commission is seeking a highly motivated candidate to join its hard-working and enthusiastic staff. The Commission was established by Congress in the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to coordinate the agencies that share the region’s core rail network. While the Commission has been administratively hosted by Amtrak since 2011, its staff is an independent team of transportation professionals.
This position will support the Commission’s planning and reporting efforts including the development of the biannual CONNECT NEC plan, the annual Capital Investment Plan, and the Annual Report. Specific responsibilities will include collecting, managing, and analyzing capital and service data from transportation agencies located across the Northeast from Massachusetts to Virginia. This position will also support the creation of the Commission’s public reports by drafting written content, designing graphics and layouts, and creating Power BI dashboards to communicate results of the planning and reporting processes and related analyses.
This role requires a high degree of technical competency, strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and skills and experience in data processing and communicating complicated technical information to lay audiences through the creation of reports and documents. Experience working in transportation, particularly public transportation, is beneficial.
This position is intended to be located in Washington, DC. However, there may be flexibility to locate the position in New York, NY or Philadelphia, PA.
- Support the following Commission workstreams:
- cross-agency service and infrastructure planning through the 15-year CONNECT NEC and 5-year Capital Investment Plans
- infrastructure delivery and train performance reporting as summarized in the NEC Annual Report; and other projects as needed.
- Support the creation of digital and pdf documents and reports, both public and internal, using Adobe Creative Suite and Power BI. Tasks include development of text, graphics, and maps that communicate technical information to a general audience.
- Support the collection of capital and service data from transportation agencies, including preparing templates, coordinating with external contacts at member agencies, normalizing data for use by NEC Commission staff, and executing quality assurance and quality control checks.
- Support the creation and maintenance of internal databases and accessible internal and external dashboards. Database management requires adoption of accepted database management and collaboration processes.
- Support the development of responses to ongoing questions from external stakeholders, including organizing the collection of all formal questions related Commission products; performing ad hoc analyses; and facilitating the resolution of any identified issues among stakeholders.
- Support planning for and executing meetings of the Commission, its committees, and its working groups.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in transportation planning, public policy/administration, engineering, business, or a related field.
- Transportation Analyst: 2-3 years professional experience, especially direct experience in passenger rail or transit. Relevant Master’s degree may count towards years of experience.
- Senior Transportation: 4-5 years professional experience, especially direct experience in passenger rail or transit. Relevant Master’s degree may count towards years of experience.
- Experience collecting, managing, evaluating, and interpreting data.
- Excellent computer skills in data processing and analysis, particularly in Microsoft Excel, and an interest in expanding working knowledge of this and other data processing and management tools as needed to meet evolving project needs.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (particularly Illustrator and InDesign) and/or data visualization and business intelligence tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau).
- Strong skills in written, verbal, and graphic communication of quantitative and qualitative information, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts to wide audiences.
- Ability to solve problems independently, identify potential process improvements, and work in a highly collaborative team environment.
- Demonstrated interest in passenger rail transportation and/ or the ability to learn the details of the Northeast Corridor rail infrastructure and its commuter, intercity and freight rail operations.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in transportation planning, public policy/administration, engineering, business, or a related field
Please submit your application through Amtrak’s Careers website (Position ID 90354838).