About us:

Who is Cintra? With US headquarters in Austin, Texas, Cintra is the leading private-sector transportation infrastructure company in the world, with experience spanning over 50 years of innovative highway development on four continents. Today, its portfolio includes nearly 1,200 miles of managed highways globally, representing a total global investment in roadway improvements of over $24.8 billion. Cintra manages over $10 billion of infrastructure projects in the United States and more than $4.7 billion of infrastructure projects in Canada. What makes us different? Our people come first. We want every single employee to develop both professionally and personally. With a strong focus on growth potential, we look to our internal employees as potential candidates for both national and international opportunities. We aim to achieve greatness by promoting from within every chance we get. We work hard and play hard and strive every day for success and achievement. With a diverse group of professionals working in a fast-paced environment, we achieve milestones constantly. And if that weren’t enough, we also offer our employees highly competitive insurance benefits, Paid Time Off, and a matching 401(k) program.

Job Description:

As a Data Scientist Trainee, you will have the opportunity to develop your data driven skills to optimize our current operations and develop analysis to increase our knowledge for new development. Additionally, you will utilize advanced analytics while working with the best in industry to optimize revenue and improve accuracy of Cintra and our concessions.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and generate new ideas/projects for using Advanced Analytics with the two strategic goals:

  • Optimizing revenues in existing projects in operations

  • Improving accuracy of Traffic and Revenue forecasts by using new data sources and techniques to improve knowledge of main variables affecting the forecasts

• Develop, lead, and execute Data Analytics projects used either for Business Development activities (analysis of new projects) or for optimization of projects in Operations

• Support Advanced Analytic projects conducted by analytics teams at Cintra’s major projects (407 ETR in Toronto and DFW managed lanes)

• Support Cintra Europe and North American Traffic & Revenue teams when using Advanced Analytics for Traffic & Revenue studies

• Stay informed of new developments in Advanced Analytic techniques, systems, data sources, and providers and explore how to utilize them for the benefit of Cintra

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Operations Research, Data Science, Statistics, Civil or Industrial Engineering

• Proficiency in Advanced Analytic Techniques

• High level of skill in SQL and/or Spark to process

• Experience in R and/or Python in implementing data science packages/routines

• Experience in Databases

• Knowledge with designing data visualizations and the utilization of software such as Tableau

• Ethical, caring and with the ability to work in a collaborative environment