Safety Data Analyst

Job Title: Safety Data Analyst

Location: Boston, MA

Pay Rate: $41.84 per hour, W2

Duration: 6+ Month Contract

Work Mode: ONSITE

Summary:

• Develop high-quality, academically structured analysis reports that provide rigorous, data-driven examinations of key safety issues and emerging hazards or trends.
• Compile data, analyze, and report monthly on trends for progress towards annual safety key performance indicators, as well as an assessment of mitigations to senior leadership.
• Compile data, analyze, and prepare data packages for Safety Investigations to further prepare investigative teams to understand the context of individual events and key related trends.
• Compile data, analyze, and prepare ad hoc reports that support various Safety Risk Management activities that review incident and hazard data for potential identification for further actions.
• Analyze data in coordination with our State Safety Oversight Agency to review progress of mitigations and their impacts from Risk Based Inspection programs.

Requirements:

• Knowledge and experience with quantitative analysis, including statistical evaluation of incident and operational data, interpretation of key performance indicators, and the ability to integrate and reconcile multi-modal datasets into coherent analytic products that support trend identification, risk assessment, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Knowledge and experience producing long-form analytical writing products that include literature review, comprehensive documentation, and formal recommendations.
• Ability to communicate effectively across a team, collaborate with team members in other divisions, and present complex findings to a variety of audiences.
• Competency in data visualization best practices and translating raw data into accessible charts that accurately define the problem and help readers to understand the key recommendations or trend information portrayed.
• Proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Suite (SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Problem-solving and trend identification skills.
• Attention to detail, accuracy of information, and professionalism.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree; an associate degree or high school diploma or GED with equivalent experience may be a substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in data analytics, technical report writing, or a related field.
• Excellent writing skills with long-form, narrative reports that are accessible to non-technical audiences and the broader public audience.
• Basic statistical analysis skills to include an understanding of linear modeling, standard error, distribution, and variance.
• Basic data modeling skills to include an understanding of joining, merging, summarizing, and sampling.

Preferred Skills:

• Preferred knowledge and experience with Root Cause Analysis, to include causal factor identification, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) framework.
• Preferred knowledge and experience with programming languages (SQL, R, and/or Python) and their use for performing data and statistical analysis.