Freight Transportation Stakeholders:

The Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Freight Management and Operations is looking for an Operations Research Analyst to join its Freight Analysis and Research Team.  This position manages the development of the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) forecasting and network modeling elements, conducts analysis on current and future trends and demand for freight transportation, and leads the development of freight analyses and the application of major data sources to support freight transportation planning, policy formulation, and legislative recommendations to improve the multimodal flow of goods.

The FHWA Freight Office is looking for a diverse pool of qualified candidates for this Washington D.C.-based position.

The announcement is posted on http://www.usajobs.gov/ and is open to the Public and to Status Applicants; the application deadline is Thursday, July 23, 2015.

Specific application links are:

Public - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/409789500

Status Applicants -   https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/409790200

The FHWA Freight Office encourages you to apply for the position if you are interested and qualified.  We also ask you to forward this notice to your colleagues in U.S. DOT, at state DOTs, at MPOs and other regional planning organizations, in academia, and in supply chain management who have a strong statistics, database management, and/or transportation modeling background, and would be interested in a challenging but rewarding opportunity to manage a high visibility program within FHWA.  Questions should be directed to the contacts shown in the application links shown above.

Thank you for your assistance and/or interest.