Senior Economic Research Analyst

Position: Senior Economic Research Analyst

Location: San Diego, CA (Hybrid, 2 days onsite)

Pay: $55.56 to $86.12/hour (Depending on experience)

Type: Full-time; Contract

Schedule: Monday - Friday

HB Staffing is seeking a Senior Economic Research Analyst to join a growing and dynamic team!

Job Description

• Econometric modeling: Build and deploy econometric models to support activities and programs across the Agency, such as inputs to SANDAG’s activity-based travel model and traffic and revenue studies, and regional forecasting of jobs, income, price elasticities, and use of transportation infrastructure.
• Essential activities include implementing quantitative and econometric methodologies, leveraging economic reasoning to understand economic and population dynamics, and visualizing data to reveal insights.
• Benefit-cost analysis: Conduct analyses that capture the private and public benefits and costs of transportation projects and are compliant with federal and state guidance.
• Financial analysis and forecasting: Interpret current and historical data to predict future economic conditions, maintain forecasting models, and develop tools to enable ad-hoc forecast updates and inputs from other models.
• Present findings through technical reports, charts, and presentations for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
  
  

Position Requirements

• Advanced degree in economics, econometrics, or public policy.
• Minimum five years of recent experience in applied economics or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of economic principles, modeling, and forecasting.
• Demonstrated experience performing analytical work, grounded in mathematical and statistical calculations.
• Descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as econometric modeling (choice modeling, panel data regressions), are highly preferred.
• Strong programming skills (R, SQL, Python), and familiarity with GIS and GitHub are preferred.
  
  

Job Perks

• Health Benefits after 30 days!
• Weekly Paychecks!
• Career coaching opportunities!
  
  

HB Staffing is part of Array Corporation, the leading technology-enabled workforce solutions company whose mission is to fix how work is bought, sold and delivered to enable access to the American Dream.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.