Department of Transportation
Will Consider Research Data Specialist I
Under the general direction of a Supervising Transportation Engineer, the Office Chief of Project Management Application Systems (PMAS) in the Division of Project Management (PM), the incumbent performs a variety of tasks including the more independent, responsible, varied, and complex research, data analysis, and standard procedures for the Quality Management Reporting System (QMRS) data warehouse and the Project Change Request (PCR) database. These systems are the basis of the computer-oriented processes that support the project management tools that are used to develop and manage workload and schedules for all of the Capital Outlay Support (COS), including Broadband projects across the state. The incumbent will perform ad-hoc report development, conduct statistical work and analysis in efforts related to best data practices for coordinating more complex research with multiple Caltrans Divisions and Districts, partner agencies, researchers, and academics. The incumbent performs quantitative and qualitative data-driven research and conducts statistical work. The incumbent independently performs complex data analysis to assemble structured and unstructured data. The incumbent provides expert consultative services to senior departmental management on the impact, or potential impact of state operations, projects, or proposals related to PM and presents findings to Senior departmental management. The incumbent understands and conforms with policies, standards, and guidance from Caltrans Enterprise Data and Geospatial Governance while staying up to date on industry trends and applicable technologies such as scripting, security issues, authoring tools, graphic design tools, and new languages.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Research Data Specialist II / Research Data Specialist I exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
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