SYSTRA is the leading specialist transport planning consultancy for the Asia region, with offices across Greater China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, amongst others. Our office offers a small and dynamic team, managing project work across not only Southeast Asia but also a growing portfolio in India and Australia/New Zealand.

Through innovative solutions, careful business planning and excellent client care, we provide practical and value-added solutions across both the public and private sectors to support our partners’ development and sustainability goals.

As a member of the SYSTRA Group headquartered in Paris, we comprise part of a 11,000-strong “connected team” delivering sustainable transport projects across the globe.

We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic candidate with a background in strategic modelling and data analysis to join our growing team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

We offer a progressive career path and competitive remuneration package to the right candidate. Interested candidates can send us their most recent CV, detailing their work or project experiences in line with the job requirements.

A range of tasks the right candidate may undertake, with support from senior staff, are as follows:

• Supporting strategic modelling projects using CUBE or EMME software, or similar strategic modelling software
• Undertaking numerical and geospatial data analysis (e.g. in Excel/QGIS) in support of modelling projects
• Developing methodologies for tasks such as OD matrix definition, surveys and related analysis
• Report writing in support of modelling projects

Following training, the ideal candidate will also assist with more general transport planning tasks, including:

• Assisting on microsimulation (e.g. VISSIM) and pedestrian modelling (e.g. VISWALK/LEGION) projects – or helping work with in/outputs of these projects.
• Supporting in SYSTRA’s development and deployment of digital and AI tools

Specifically, we are looking for an individual with the following skills and background:

• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• Proven experience using either CUBE or EMME, or similar strategic modelling software
• Proven experience using Python to solve data science problems (other programming languages e.g. R would be an advantage)
• Good communication and team-working skills
• Good communication (written & spoken) skills in English (other languages e.g. Bahasa Indonesia would be an advantage but are not required)
• A creative and independent problem-solving mindset – able to understand how findings impact client outcomes
• Degree holder in an analytical discipline, although we will consider polytechnic graduates with clear experience relevant to the role.
• Knowledge of other industry software e.g. QGIS, VISSIM, VISWALK/LEGION and Excel VBA would be an advantage.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.