Transportation Data Analyst

ChiResearch Technologies holds a statewide contract for traffic data analysis. We are adding named analysts for task orders under that vehicle as they are awarded. The structure, stated plainly. This is a 1099 engagement activated by task order, not a salaried role. You sign a commitment letter now, we name you in task order responses, and you are paid at an agreed hourly rate when an order is awarded and performed. Nothing is owed before then, by either side. If you are at a traffic engineering or data collection firm and want defined, scoped work alongside your job, that is the profile this fits. On activation • Process raw count and sensor data — tube and ATR counts, turning movement counts, speed and classification studies — into the analysis the task order specifies • Produce the report in the agency’s required format, figures and tables included • Write the technical memo and narrative sections • Document methods and assumptions so they survive an agency reviewer’s questions • Flag source data quality problems in writing, early Required • Hands-on work with traffic count data: tube/ATR, turning movement counts, speed and classification studies • Familiarity with FHWA and state DOT data standards and reporting formats • A technical memo or report you produced that a public agency accepted as a deliverable • Excel plus Python or R, and GIS competence Valuable depending on scope • NTD reporting, APC and AVL transit data • Crash data and HSM safety analysis, SS4A plan content • Synchro, VISSIM, or HCM capacity work • PE license — not required; PE status is settled per task order Who this fits. Either a recent MS or PhD in transportation engineering or transportation planning, or a practitioner with 3–10 years at a traffic engineering or data collection firm looking for scoped side work. Location is not a factor — this is remote desk work. Compensation. $60–95 per hour on activation, 1099, rate agreed in writing before you are named on any response. This is an independent contractor engagement: no benefits are offered, no other compensation, and no payment before a task order is awarded and performed.