Safety Data Analyst

Job Title: Data Analyst

Location: Boston MA 02110

Type: 6-Month Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking aSafety Data Analystto develop data-driven analysis reports executive dashboards and statistical models to identify safety trends evaluate risk mitigations and examine emerging operational hazards. This role integrates multi-modal datasets to produce white-paper-style analytical reports for senior leadership investigative teams and state regulatory oversight agencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Author academically structured long-form reports examining critical safety issues operational hazards and emerging risk trends.
• Compile analyze and report monthly progress toward annual safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and mitigation effectiveness for senior leadership.
• Prepare comprehensive data packages for Safety Investigation teams to establish contextual baselines and identify related incident patterns.
• Execute ad hoc data reviews of incident hazard and near-miss logs to support risk assessments and proactive safety actions.
• Collaborate with the State Safety Oversight Agency to evaluate Risk-Based Inspection data and assess the impact of corrective action plans.
• Clean reconcile and merge disparate operational and incident datasets into coherent models for trend identification.
• Perform descriptive and inferential statistical modeling to evaluate incident frequency variance standard error and operational correlations.
• Translate raw dataset outputs into visual charts graphs and executive summaries adhering to data design best practices.
• Apply safety methodologies (HFACS FMEA) to identify root causes organizational failures and systemic risk drivers.
• Partner with inter-divisional safety teams operational staff and external regulatory bodies to align on safety findings.
• Maintain documentation repositories analytical runbooks and report archives across SharePoint and enterprise systems.
• Deliver oral and visual presentations detailing complex analytical findings to both technical teams and non-technical public audiences.

Required Skills & Experience

• 2 years of experience performing data analytics statistical evaluations data joining/merging and trend identification.
• Proven ability to produce narrative white-paper-style analytical reports featuring literature reviews methodology explanations and formal recommendations.
• Practical understanding of statistical concepts including linear modeling standard error probability distributions variance and sampling.
• Proficiency in data visualization techniques and advanced usage of the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint SharePoint).
• Bachelors degree in Data Analytics Statistics Engineering Safety Management or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS).
• Practical experience using programming languages (SQL Python or R) for data extraction manipulation and statistical modeling.
• Experience working alongside State Safety Oversight Agencies or similar transportation/safety regulatory framework bodies.

Required Skills:

Data Analysis