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Freight Transportation Analyst - Cambridge Systematics - Chicago, IL

Freight Transportation Analyst (002345)
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Chicago, IL

Job Number: 002345
Job Title: Freight Transportation Analyst
Number of Openings: 1
Job Type (Employment Type): Full Time
Country: United States
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago
Salary Interval: Per Year
Job Category: Transportation
Career Level: Entry
Level of Education: Four-Year Degree
Years of Experience: 0

Position Description
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. is shaping the future of transportation. We are industry leaders, transportation specialists dedicated to ensuring that transportation investments can deliver the best possible results. By providing innovative policy and planning solutions, objective analyses and technology applications, we help our clients anticipate and meet future transportation needs while improving the performance of existing infrastructure and operations. Above all, we are committed to our clients’ success in making transportation better for future generations.

We have an exciting opening for a Freight Transportation Analyst in our Chicago office. S/he supports assignments that provide expert decision-making advice covering all modes of transportation and related industrial development and economic development for public and private clients. Responsibilities in this role include supporting technical analyses, report writing, industry outreach and interviews, and research. This role also includes initial exposure to project management, client maintenance and proposal development through limited assignments.

The Freight Transportation Business Line helps public- and private-sector clients address a variety of planning, policy, operational, institutional, technical, and safety challenges across all modes of freight transportation. Our team developed many of the tools and techniques that guide freight planning activities today and we are working on the next generation of freight policies, programs, and procedures to support emerging freight planning needs. We help our clients identify critical issues, build effective public-private partnerships, and support the successful delivery of innovative freight projects and strategies. Our Freight Transportation Business Line works with Federal, state, regional, local, and private-sector freight and logistics practitioners, planners, and policy-makers.
Position Requirements

0-2 years of applicable experience
Bachelor's degree required
Master's degree in Urban Planning, Engineering, Logistics or Freight-related field preferred
Excellent written, verbal and oral communication skills

Apply at: https://www.camsys.com/careers/search-jobs