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Join Our Traffic Data Analysis Team

SWAT Alliance supports transportation and traffic-data projects through structured traffic video analysis, counting, classification and QA/QC. Team members may contribute to international transportation and engineering assignments with clear instructions and reviewable deliverables.

Current opportunities

Open roles in traffic data analysis.

Each role supports a structured workflow: understand the count plan, review the footage or data, document the result and complete the agreed quality checks.

Status: Open

Traffic Data Analyst

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Review recorded traffic footage and turn clear counting instructions into accurate, structured project data.

Preferred experience: Entry-level; traffic counting or video-review experience is welcome but not required.

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Key responsibilities

  • —Review recorded traffic footage
  • —Manually count and classify vehicles
  • —Identify turning movements and lane-based counts where required
  • —Count pedestrians and cyclists where applicable
  • —Enter data accurately in project templates
  • —Follow interval, movement-diagram and QA/QC instructions
  • —Flag unclear or unavailable footage

Candidate profile

  • —Strong attention to detail and concentration
  • —Comfort using Excel or spreadsheets
  • —Careful, consistent video-review habits
  • —Willingness to learn traffic terminology and follow instructions

Status: Open

Senior Traffic Video Analyst

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Handle complex movement studies, help resolve counting questions and provide first-level review support.

Preferred experience: Previous traffic counting or traffic-video-analysis experience preferred.

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Key responsibilities

  • —Analyse complex intersections and roundabouts
  • —Interpret movement diagrams and multi-lane studies
  • —Maintain consistency across vehicle classes
  • —Resolve ambiguous counting situations
  • —Review junior analyst work and perform first-level QA
  • —Identify video-quality constraints and support complex requirements
  • —Guide junior analysts

Candidate profile

  • —Strong understanding of movements and vehicle classes
  • —Good Excel capability and high accuracy
  • —Experience reviewing traffic-count or video-analysis work
  • —Ability to give clear, practical guidance

Status: Open

Traffic Data QA/QC Analyst

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Independently check completed work so data is complete, consistent and ready for final delivery review.

Preferred experience: Traffic-analysis experience preferred; strong spreadsheet review skills are essential.

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Key responsibilities

  • —Review completed traffic counts independently
  • —Check missing intervals and movement completeness
  • —Verify classifications and compare direction or lane totals
  • —Identify unusual spikes or inconsistencies
  • —Check client-template completion
  • —Document corrections and support final data validation

Candidate profile

  • —Excellent attention to detail
  • —Strong analytical mindset
  • —Confidence with spreadsheets and structured review
  • —Ability to identify and explain inconsistencies

Status: Open

Team Lead – Traffic Video Analysis

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Coordinate analyst work, reinforce consistent methods and help resolve quality questions across active studies.

Preferred experience: Traffic video or counting experience with demonstrated team-handling capability.

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Key responsibilities

  • —Supervise traffic analyst teams and allocate workload
  • —Provide counting guidance and review complex footage
  • —Track productivity and accuracy
  • —Coordinate QA/QC and train junior analysts
  • —Support project managers and maintain SOP consistency
  • —Help resolve movement and classification questions

Candidate profile

  • —Traffic video or counting experience
  • —Team-handling and communication skills
  • —Strong quality focus
  • —Ability to review complex movement studies

Status: Open

Traffic Data Project Manager

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Translate project requirements into clear analyst instructions and coordinate a complete, reviewable delivery process.

Preferred experience: Project-management ability with traffic-data or transportation-survey experience preferred.

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Key responsibilities

  • —Understand traffic-count requirements and prepare analyst instructions
  • —Allocate work across analyst and QA teams
  • —Manage delivery timelines and project status
  • —Review completeness and client-specific templates
  • —Identify missing or unclear footage
  • —Coordinate clarification requirements and support final delivery quality

Candidate profile

  • —Project-management ability
  • —Traffic-data or transportation-survey experience preferred
  • —Strong communication and Excel/data-handling skills
  • —Ability to coordinate multiple team members with a quality focus

What the work involves

Quality is built into each stage.

Traffic-data work relies on sustained attention, consistent classifications, clear movement interpretation and thoughtful QA/QC. Working arrangements may vary depending on the role and project requirements.

Accuracy

Count carefully against defined intervals, movements, lanes and vehicle classes.

Structured processes

Use clear instructions, templates and review steps to keep work traceable.

Learning

Build practical confidence with traffic terminology, video review and data quality.

Teamwork

Coordinate with analysts, QA/QC reviewers and project leads around shared specifications.

Typical role progression

Build practical capability over time.

Typical role progression may include a Traffic Data Analyst path into senior video analysis, QA/QC or team leadership, and traffic data project coordination. This illustrates possible development paths; it is not a promise of promotion.

SWAT Alliance works across multiple professional service areas. The opportunities listed on this page currently focus on our Traffic Data Analysis operations.

  1. 01

    Traffic Data Analyst

  2. 02

    Senior Traffic Video Analyst

  3. 03

    QA/QC Analyst or Team Lead

  4. 04

    Traffic Data Project Manager

Understand the work

Explore the traffic-data methods behind the roles.

These pages explain the study types, terminology and quality considerations applicants may encounter.

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