Transportation Specialist

1 month ago


Washington, United States Non-Departmental Agency Full time
Summary

This position is located at the National Transportation Safety Board, Office of Research and Engineering's Safety Research Division. The incumbent serves as a senior Transportation Specialist performing a variety of complex tasks that involve transportation accident investigation data and the use of advanced research, statistical analysis, and data science principles, methods, and techniques.



Duties

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated transportation researcher with excellent data science, report writing, and public speaking capabilities, and a strong interest in improving the safety of the traveling public in creative and meaningful ways.

As a Transportation Specialist (Safety Research) Direct-Hire, GS-2101-14, you will perform the following major duties:

  • Design, plan, and initiate research, and conduct studies of risk factors or hazards that influence the causes, incidence, and costs of transportation accidents, injuries, or injury severity.
  • Conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of safety countermeasures, such as policies, programs, and technologies, at reducing transportation accidents, injuries, or injury severity.
  • Serve as the project manager and technical lead for safety research studies, reports, and recommendations.
  • Compile, prepare, and publish annual transportation accident data statistical reports to inform and educate on transportation safety.
  • Participate in accident investigations in all modes of transportation to provide data and statistical analysis, and technical consultation on study design and methods, and data visualization, analysis, and interpretation.




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