Economist/Aviation Forecaster Job at Mead & Hunt, Madison, WI

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  • Mead & Hunt
  • Madison, WI

Job Description

Overview:

Mead & Hunt has an exceptional opportunity for a highly motivated Economist/Aviation Forecaster to work with our Aviation group. This position can be fully remote or hybrid, if based near an office. This is an exciting opportunity will be serving our teams and clients on a national level. We encourage all qualified candidates across the US to apply!

 

This role will require travel, up to 30% domestic travel to client sites (1-2 day trips) and to technical conferences 1-2 times per year.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include leading teams of planners and analysts preparing aviation activity forecasts, aviation economics analysis, financial analysis, and other related work product. Below are detailed duties as they relate to each scope of practice within this position.

 

Aviation Activity Forecasts

  • Modeling airport demand for commercial service airports of all market sizes
  • Preparing activity forecasts in line with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidance and expectations
  • Reviewing forecasts prepared by others
  • Preparing general aviation forecasts of activity
  • Preparing air cargo tonnage forecasts
  • Preparing aircraft operations (air traffic movements) for all market segments
  • Preparing future design day flight schedules
  • Providing guidance to junior forecasters and planners

 

Aviation Economics & Analysis

  • Reviewing macroeconomic trends and policies, and conveying their impacts on the US aviation industry to colleagues
  • Modeling economic impact of airports and airport systems
  • Preparing airline schedule analysis, including capacity analysis
  • Preparing economic impact of airline routes and airline service
  • Preparing engineering economics analysis
  • Providing guidance to junior forecasters and planners
  • Developing spreadsheet models for economic and financial analysis

 

Other Economics & Analysis

  • Collaborates with multidisciplinary project groups to address economic resource assessment and analysis needs. Analyzes and interprets economic and socioeconomic information requests
  • Develops economic study approaches, methodologies, and scopes.
  • Conducts or directs the conduct of a wide range of economic analyses such as life-cycle cost studies, benefit-cost analyses, feasibility studies, due diligence reviews, valuations, etc. tailored to project-specific needs. The development and execution of approaches for such studies may require considerable creativity and research.
  • Serves as resource person to explain technical economic information and analysis purposes and approaches.
Qualifications:

Successful candidates must have the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in economics or related field
  • At least 5 years of relevant work experience in economic analyses, planning analyses, or related field.
  • Other combinations of experience and education that meet minimum requirements may be considered.
  • A valid drivers license is required.

 

Ideal candidates will have experience/familiarity with the following:

  • Aviation databases, such as Diio
  • US DOT data and Bureau of Transportation Statistics data
  • FAA’s Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) databases
  • Airline and/or air cargo market analysis
  • US airline industry
  • Demographics databases, such as Woods & Poole, or similar

 

If you have strong communication and organizational skills, are someone who takes initiative, and can work well both independently and as part of a team, complete the online application process for this job posting at /careers .

 

Salary Range: $80,000-$160,000

Actual compensation may vary due to other factors such as: experience, skill set or location.

 

Mead & Hunt proudly offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid sick leave, parental leave, a 401K plan with a generous company match, life and disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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