Engineer III - Sr. Planner​/Analyst

Overview

Engineer III - Sr. Planner/Analyst:

Work Location:

Los Angeles, CA
Supports LAWA's operational business units in documenting, analyzing, and recommending solutions/improvements to current and future operational challenges within the organization. Serves as a technical resource within an airport/aviation planning area – Landside, Terminal, or Airside. Conducts and manages technical studies, data analysis, and simulation of airport business/operations. This is a Hybrid position.

• Supports process improvement by coordinating with operational business units, identifying and documenting inefficiencies around LAWA's landside components, and providing improvement opportunities.
• Data collection and analysis of various landside aviation operational data such as historic and upcoming flight schedules; reported transaction data from LAWA's ground transportation operators; traffic signal and traffic timing data; transit, shuttle bussing, routing and schedules; parking access and revenue data; curb and space allocation and utilization; curb, parking, and roadway occupancy; origin and destination data of employees and passengers.
• Develop curbside and parking allocation and utilization reports based on passenger demand; develop reports on origin and destination trends.
• Prepare/review/lead studies and analysis on: improving operational efficiency and capability; increasing operational capacity for the airport; managing and reducing roadway traffic, shuttle, APM delays; operational changes due to construction, policy, safety, or other technical requirements that affect airport operations and business.
• Simulation and modeling: working knowledge of Cubic Synchro Studio and/or PTV Group VISSIM; run curbside microsimulation models and traffic signal network synchro models; review other modeling/simulation work done by other entities or projects; have Simio or other processing simulation type modeling experience.
• Field observations for data collection and information gathering on airport operations.
• Analyze workflows, processes, and allocations such as operational staffing, curb allocation, way finding, etc.
• Review various studies' modeling methodology, assumptions, parameters, and sources.
• Review functionality and operations of massing, stacking, conceptual layout plans: review and preliminary concept drawings from an operational and functional perspective; provide recommendations on improvements and layouts on use of space on landside and other LAX ancillary space; provide sketches on layout or space allocation improvements for further analysis.
• Develop business process flowcharts such as swim lane diagrams, Visio charts, RACI matrixes, etc.
• Coordinate with commercial, operations, maintenance, and other stakeholders as needed to provide input, review results, or modify assumptions.
• Develops reports and presentations to stakeholders and airport management, as needed.

• 5-12 years of experience in planning, operations, simulation, and data analysis.
• Experience in Synchro, PTV VISSIM, Simio, or traffic modeling and processing/simulation software.
• Proficient with MS Office and MS 365 products.
• Preferred experience with data and statistical software such as Python, R, SAS, etc.
• Preferred experience with analytical software such as Excel, Power
  
  BI, Tableau, GIS.
• Preferred experience with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM, GIS, etc.
• Preferred experience with Visio or other process visualization software.
• Degree in industrial engineering, civil engineering, transportation planning, city/urban planning, architecture, aviation, business, operations research, or related technical field.