RESEARCH DATA SPECIALIST II

at  Department of Transportation

Under the general supervision of the Chief, Freight Program Support Branch, the incumbent will be responsible for providing freight data and technical support to the Division of Transportation Planning. The incumbent will research and evaluate freight data and tools to advance Freight Planning activities and meet the goals and objective of the Department and the Investment Infrastructure Jobs and Housing Act (IIJA). Incumbent will work closely with Freight Planning, Statewide Modeling, and the California Transportation Commission to ensure that freight and goods movement data and tools selected, meet the criteria for transportation analysis. Incumbent will work with various software programs such as ArcGIS, Cube, Smartsheet, and Excel.

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