Analyst (Junior Rail Transportation Planner)
About The Position
DB E.C.O. North America is hiring a Junior Rail Service and Operations Planner to join their Los Angeles and/or San Francisco team. This role is ideal for someone with strong quantitative skills, an eye for detail, and a passion for transit and rail. You will work closely with senior planners and project managers to support service and operations planning projects, using industry-leading tools. Your work will include developing service concepts and timetables, analyzing operational scenarios, creating visual dashboards, and producing clear, compelling materials for client presentations. This is a great opportunity to build technical expertise, learn from experienced industry professionals, and contribute to projects that deliver real-world improvements to rail service and infrastructure.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, transportation planning, political science, geography, urban planning, data analytics, applied mathematics, or a related field.
- Demonstrated interest in rail or transit systems through coursework, research, internships, or professional experience.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with proficiency in data analysis and visualization.
- Familiarity with tools such as Viriato, RTC, RailOscope, Tableau, Notion, ArcGIS/QGIS, Python, R, or SQL (training provided as needed).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Responsibilities
- Support service and operations planning projects for passenger and freight rail clients.
- Develop and evaluate service concepts using Viriato (static timetable modeling) and validate scenarios with RailSys, Treno, RTC, etc (dynamic simulation).
- Manage and interpret infrastructure data to assess capacity and asset performance.
- Prepare clear, visually compelling outputs in Tableau, including dashboards and charts for internal and client use.
- Organize and maintain project workflows, client infrastructure datasets, and technical documentation using project management databases (e.g., Notion).
- Conduct quantitative analysis, ridership and operations modeling, and GIS-based mapping to inform decision-making.
- Draft technical reports, presentation materials, and client deliverables with a high standard of accuracy and story lining clarity.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance: Multiple options - Low to High Deductible plans
- Dental & Vision
- Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life & AD&D Insurance, Short-term, and Long-term Disability: Company-paid
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and their household members
- Commuter Benefits: Use tax-free money to pay for eligible transit and parking expenses (Train, subway, bus, ferry, parking).
- Parental Paid Leave
- Supplemental Coverage: Optional accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans with wellness benefits.
- Retirement Savings (401k) with company safe harbor contributions
- Vacation & Holidays: Competitive time off plus 11 paid company holidays
- Basic Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability
- Extended Health and Dental coverage
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) subsidy
- Competitive vacation time
- 11 paid company holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
