Key Notes
Advanced spreadsheet capability plus SQL or Python and sound statistical judgement are the central requirements for this network-design role. You’ll identify intercity corridors, build probabilistic timetables, manage consultation and registration, and improve live routes using demand, occupancy and traffic data. The Edinburgh post pays £55,000–£75,000 plus share options and expects office attendance most days, alongside fieldwork across Ember’s network.
What You'll Work On
- Research new intercity corridors through mapping, existing-service analysis, community engagement and real-world testing against electric-fleet and charging constraints.
- Design probabilistic timetables, complete council consultation and Traffic Commissioner registration, then distribute accurate service information across passenger channels.
- Coordinate route readiness with operations and charging teams, defining driver, vehicle, rest-facility and energy requirements before each launch.
- Analyse booking, occupancy and traffic data in Ember’s own tooling to improve live routes and automate repeat network-planning work.
Why This Role Matters
- Ember’s registered timetables reflect assumptions about traffic and stop use, with network analysis informing the journey times and service information provided to passengers.
- Proposed routes require vehicles, drivers and charging capacity, with demand analysis and operational planning establishing the resource requirements before a new service is introduced.
What They Are Looking For
- Technical: You have expert spreadsheet skills, including complex formulas, know SQL and/or Python, and can apply statistics to messy real-world data.
- Experience: You can recognise overfitting and distinguish statistically robust findings from decisions that will work in actual transport operations.
- Technical: You are comfortable using frontier AI models for analysis and experimenting with new tools while remaining accountable for your conclusions.
- Experience: You can connect detailed questions about stops or driver shifts to wider network strategy and manage several interconnected projects independently.
- Domain: You have a genuine interest in transport and are comfortable investigating the network by riding routes, walking stops and meeting council officers.