Job Description
Chicago Transit Authority is the second largest transit system in the country! Our college internship program offers summer and year-long internships that provide students with valuable work experience, professional development, and mentorship. Students receive exposure to the discipline of the workplace and are guided by subject matter experts who assist them in acquiring the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to perform in today's technically demanding careers. Interns at CTA work in a range of departments across the authority.
Our internships are project-based; therefore, the skills that we seek vary based on the needs of the projects during each term. All majors are welcome to apply, but please see education experience/requirements for specifics about what disciplines each internship project is seeking.
Internships are part-time (15 hours a week) during the school year and full-time (40 hours a week) during the summer.
In this role within the Safety department's SMS unit, interns will:
- Develop an efficient method for extracting essential event data from daily rail and bus operations logs.
- Identify necessary data fields in collaboration with subject matter experts and create a functional database to serve as the foundation for analyzing safety and security events, accidents, and service reliability issues.
- Apply analytical tools to database to assess and identify safety performance trends in fatalities, injuries, accident, and other events.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts to apply analytical techniques to establish leading and lagging indicators to monitor and determine the effectiveness of a safety risk mitigation.
Primary work location for this role: CTA Headquarters (567 W. Lake Street, Chicago Illinois 60661)
Educational Experience/Requirements: - Preferred Major(s): Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Urban Planning, Safety
- Preferred Level of Education: College sophomore and above
- Required enrollment status: Full-time (as defined by your academic institution) in a degree program at an accredited college or university
Physical Requirements: - The demands associated with the normal office environment
- Must be able to comply with office policy to work on-site twice per week
- Light physical activity, including walking outdoors and climbing stairs
- May be required to travel to various CTA locations including facilities, garages and shops
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Strong Microsoft Office and computer skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Proficient organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Good project management skills.
- Knowledge in database management software.
- Knowledge of SQL.
- Knowledge of AWS technologies.
- Knowlege of programing languages (python, R, etc.).
Chicago Transit Authority
Job Tags
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