Data Analyst Intern - Transportation

Description

Toole Design Group in Denver, CO is looking to hire a talented full-time Transportation Data Analyst Intern. Are you interested in making places better for walking and biking? Are you curious about how a city decides where to put its bike lanes and pedestrian crossings? Would you like to learn about pedestrian and bicyclist planning and design while working on real projects? If so, please consider joining our Denver team. *The dates of this internship are flexible.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, data analysts, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Data Analyst Intern at Toole Design

As an Intern, you will not be fetching coffee or sorting mail – we want you here for real, meaningful work. You'll spend 8 to 12 weeks* working with our data science team alongside planners, engineers, and landscape architects on a variety of projects. All internships are paid positions. *Longer employment options may be possible, please reach out to HR@tooledesign.com.

Your work may include analyzing survey data for a city-wide pedestrian plan, analyze crash data for a safety action plan, preparing materials for public meetings, or even helping develop graphics for new bicycle facility design guidance. As a data analyst intern, you will be working on projects that will excite an inquiring mind while creating a positive difference in the world. A typical analysis project may include getting into the weeds of data processing, writing scripts to test and automate workflows, and translate analysis findings for non-technical audience. If you are excited by hands-on problem solving, learning new skills, and improving your technical expertise, this is the position for you.

Toole Design is a truly inter-disciplinary firm, so our planners, data analysts, landscape architects, urban designers and engineers work side-by-side to ensure that our projects are safe for all users, easily constructible, and fit in the community context. 

We'll offer you the opportunity to work on a wide range of project types and work products, company-wide trainings on core skills and best practices, and career mentorship from the best in the business. You'll get the opportunity to attend key project meetings and site visits; and grow your skills with coding in Python, SQL and R, and analysis/mapping programs like ArGIS and QGIS. Best of all, you'll get to work with colleagues who love what they do and can't wait to introduce you to the field we care so much about.

We are targeting a salary range of $20 to $30 an hour for this position.

Work Schedule for a Data Analyst Intern at Toole Design:

We are open to discussing either a part-time or full-time position with a flexible start date. The Denver office of Toole Design is conveniently located close to many bike lanes including Tremont Place, Glenarm Place, Welton Street, 16th Ave, and 15th street. We are blocks from multiple bus lines including the free MallRide along 16th street and within a mile of Light Rail. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Ready to Join our Denver Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this internship, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page. *The dates of this internship are flexible.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

For more information about Toole Design, visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook.

Requirements

Qualifications of a Data Analyst Intern at Toole Design:

• Undergraduates in their Junior or Senior year or Graduate students studying: Transportation Engineering, Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Data Science, Urban Planning, Ecology/Natural Sciences, or a related field 
• Ability to quickly pick up new concepts, skills, and programs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Knowledge of GIS including ArcGIS tools/QGIS and PostGIS 
• Programming experience including Python and SQL, or other translatable programming experience
• Interest and knowledge creating metadata, memoranda and other documentation for data deliverables

It would be a plus if you have any of the following:

• Experience of working on safety projects, understanding of Safe System Approach and skills of performing data-driven safety analysis
• Web development experience (JavaScript/HTML/CSS)
• Statistical analysis and/or machine learning
• Knowledge of standard planning and engineering data sets (e.g. GIS network data, crash data, OpenStreetMap, Time-series data, GPS data, census data) 
• Experience in an office environment

You'll be great here if:

• You are passionate about active transportation in cities, suburbs and rural areas
• You want to learn and are willing to take on new tasks 
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and care about the details
• You ask questions when you need help and take ownership of your work when you've gotten the answer
• You enjoy finding creative solutions to complex problems
• You are a self-starter who is motivated to keep abreast of changing techniques and technology