Associate Travel Demand Modeler

This Opportunity WSP is currently seeking a Associate Travel Demand Modeler. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to innovative and high-impact projects within our Advisory Services, Systems Analysis Group. You will collaborate with a dynamic team of modelers, planners, and data scientists, helping our clients make strategic, data-driven decisions that shape the future of transportation systems. Your Impact • Develop, apply, and maintain state-of-the-art travel demand forecasting models, including regional and statewide model systems. • Deliver data-driven insights to inform policy, planning, and infrastructure investment decisions, supporting strategic mobility planning. • Integrate and analyze big data, household travel surveys, and emerging mobility datasets to improve models and analytical methods. • Collaborate with public and private planning agencies nationwide, supporting high-stakes transportation projects. • Translate complex data and model results into clear, compelling visualizations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Work in a supportive and collaborative team environment that values innovation, mentorship, and professional growth.

Who You Are Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Data Science, or a related field • 1 to 3 years of experience in the development and application of travel demand models. . • Strong knowledge of travel behavior principles and travel demand forecasting methods. • Proficiency in Python or R for data processing, model scripting, and automation. • Hands-on experience with travel demand modeling software (e.g., Cube, TransCAD, and EMME). • Experience building automated reporting, visualization and dashboards (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, R Shiny or other visualization tools). • Experience with GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar) for spatial analysis and mapping. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings to diverse audiences. • Strong problem-solving, organizational, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications: • Prior experience in a travel demand modeling consulting role. • Experience developing and applying activity-based models (ABMs). • Experience with data pipeline development, including cloud-based workflows and version control. WSP Benefits: WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. Compensation: Expected Salary (all locations): $67,600 - $111,650 WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. Expected Salary (Colorado only): $67,600 - $104,720 WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. #LI-MH4