Civic Data Analyst (Sustainable Mobility)

Alta Planning + Design seeks a Civic Data Analyst (Sustainable Mobility) to advance data-driven, place-based transportation initiatives in Portland, Oregon. The role focuses on data analytics, GIS, and visualization to support active, multimodal, and sustainable mobility projects within a hybrid work setting.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert and analytical lead across multiple disciplines, project types, and regions.
• Develop prototypes of repeatable analyses using R, Python, and GIS to advance place-based sustainable mobility solutions.
• Foster an entrepreneurial approach to analytics over time through staff training, research, tool development, and custom web applications.
• Collaborate with Alta’s diverse disciplines to understand data analytics needs, priorities, and expectations, promoting a data informed decision making culture.
• Lead the creation of new analytical products aligned with the firm’s objectives and multidisciplinary practice.
• Work closely with planners, designers, and engineers on data analysis and visualization tasks to deliver scalable mobility insights.
• Contribute to data analysis and visualization components of client projects and R&D efforts using advanced methodologies.
• Address mobility and access challenges through innovative analytical approaches.
• Articulate data driven narratives through reports, technical memos, and presentations.
• Identify labor-intensive processes and opportunities to streamline and automate analyses to generate organization wide value.
• Contribute to a range of projects including active transportation plans, safety action plans, complete streets planning, safe routes to school, new mobility plans, and economic benefit studies.
• Maintain a community focused perspective by advancing solutions that inform narratives about people, address multifaceted goals, prepare communities for change, and support a more just transportation system.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another quantitative field with demonstrated experience in the transportation planning field.
• Or Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Sciences, or Engineering with some experience in software development and/or data science.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R, and SQL.
• Strong background in quantitative analysis, including data analysis, cross tabulation, and data interpretation to inform evidence-based decision making in planning and design contexts.
• Solid understanding of databases, GIS, coding, and advanced transportation planning concepts.
• GIS proficiency across open source tools (PostGIS, QGIS, geopandas) and the ESRI suite (ArcGIS Pro, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst).
• Ability to create informative data visualizations through code (D3, ggplot, matplotlib, plotly, kepler.gl, etc.).
• Experience designing, implementing, and documenting analytical solutions using code, with the capability to execute an analysis entirely in code.
• Familiarity with data specifications and acronyms such as OSM, MDS, GTFS, GBFS, GPS, CDS.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Technologies

• R
• Python
• SQL
• GIS
• PostGIS
• QGIS
• geopandas
• ArcGIS Pro
• Spatial Analyst
• Network Analyst
• D3
• ggplot
• matplotlib
• plotly
• kepler.gl
• Flask
• Django
• FastAPI
• Tableau
• PowerBI
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• R-Shiny
• MS Excel
• MS Word
• PowerPoint

Benefits

• Flexible Schedule
• Salary/compensation: $65,000-$80,000 per year
• Medical: PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta covers 75% of the cost
• Dental/Vision: PPO, Alta covers 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance: Alta covers 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to base compensation
• 401(k): Alta provides a match up to 3%
• PTO: 21 days accrued annually to start
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave and Short-Term Disability
• Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually
• Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually
• 5-year travel award
• Professional development opportunities

About Alta

Alta Planning + Design is a mission driven firm focused on mitigating climate change, improving safety, and advancing social justice by shaping sustainable, people centered communities. The company integrates planning, design, engineering, education and engagement to help communities thrive, with an emphasis on ensuring that how places are designed and experienced supports equity, health, and opportunity.

Our Hiring Process

• Stage 1: Applied
• Stage 2: Initial Screening
• Stage 3: 1st Interview
• Stage 4: Offer
• Stage 5: Hired