Associate Travel Demand Modeler

This Opportunity

WSP is currently seeking a

Associate Travel Demand Modeler . This position offers the opportunity to contribute to innovative and high-impact projects within our Advisory Services, Systems Analysis Group. You will collaborate with a dynamic team of modelers, planners, and data scientists, helping our clients make strategic, data-driven decisions that shape the future of transportation systems. Your Impact

Develop, apply, and maintain state-of-the-art travel demand forecasting models, including regional and statewide model systems. Deliver data-driven insights to inform policy, planning, and infrastructure investment decisions, supporting strategic mobility planning. Integrate and analyze big data, household travel surveys, and emerging mobility datasets to improve models and analytical methods. Collaborate with public and private planning agencies nationwide, supporting high-stakes transportation projects. Translate complex data and model results into clear, compelling visualizations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Work in a supportive and collaborative team environment that values innovation, mentorship, and professional growth.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Data Science, or a related field 1 to 3 years of experience in the development and application of travel demand models. . Strong knowledge of travel behavior principles and travel demand forecasting methods. Proficiency in Python or R for data processing, model scripting, and automation. Hands-on experience with travel demand modeling software (e.g., Cube, TransCAD, and EMME). Experience building automated reporting, visualization and dashboards (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, R Shiny or other visualization tools). Experience with GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar) for spatial analysis and mapping. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings to diverse audiences. Strong problem-solving, organizational, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience in a travel demand modeling consulting role. Experience developing and applying activity-based models (ABMs). Experience with data pipeline development, including cloud-based workflows and version control. WSP Benefits: WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. Compensation: Expected Salary (all locations): $70,400 - $116,200 WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. Expected Salary (Colorado only): $76,400 - $96,800 WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. #LI-SY1

About WSP WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started? WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.