AECOM is seeking a talented and experienced Transportation Engineer/Planner to work on a team supporting our contract with Florida's Turnpike Enterprise located in Ocoee, Florida. This position will be responsible for the application of the recently developed statewide tour-based model along with the application of regional travel demand models. The job duties include fulfillment of scripting requests for innovative toll project evaluations while contributing to a multidisciplinary team specializing in planning, economic feasibility analysis and design of toll roads. 
As the Transportation Modeler you will utilize skills and experience to create and update model code for travel demand model development including, but not limited to, the following: Visum, TransCAD, QGIS, R, and Python software, as well as large language models (LLMs).Responsibilities: You will assemble and prepare data for model validation and long-range future year travel forecasts; model validation to required accuracy standards; development of forecasts for toll road projects; and documentation of results. As part of the model design, the Engineer/Planner will use QGIS/ArcGIS with related database development and application skills, along with SQL/Python/R or other programming languages. Position will also utilize analytical skills for research on design, data development, and statistical analyses to address perceived model shortcomings and recommend an improved modeling approach.