IT Operations Research Intern - Spring 2025 Job Listing at Norfolk Southern in Atlanta, GA (Job ID 1215578200)

Description

Requisition 37885:  

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Norfolk Southern offers a unique opportunity to be part of our proud legacy that spans nearly 200 years. We are a customer-centric, operations-driven team dedicated to advancing safety, serving communities, and driving innovation for tomorrow's rail.  As part of Norfolk Southern, you'll join a collaborative team where there are opportunities for growth across the organization. We are building a culture where everyone can thrive by owning and driving exceptional results, being humble and leading with trust, serving our customers with excellence, and collaborating and coaching to win.

A Day in the Life of an Operations Research Intern

As an intern work within the Operations Research department, you'll gain real life experience during your college academic career. You will develop skills related to building optimization models, enhancing existing mathematical models, and conducting data analyses. You'll gain railroad business knowledge for general service design principles, scheduling, and algorithms. 

As a Norfolk Southern Intern, you will expect to gain the following experience: 

• Hands-on Experience: engage in meaningful projects that align with your academic and career goals.
• Mentorship: benefit from guidance and mentorship from seasoned professionals in your department.
• Professionally Network: connect with professionals across various departments, building valuable relationships for your future career.
• Learning Opportunities: access training and development resources to enhance your skills and knowledge.
• Inclusive Environment: join a diverse and inclusive workplace that values collaboration and innovation.

Responsibilities 

• Assist with building new optimization models, enhancing the existing mathematical models, and conducting data analyses. 
• Work on development of decision support software (DSS) to improve assets utilization and to reduce operating cost.

Education Required 

• Advanced degree, e.g., Ph.D. or M.S. in operations research, industrial engineering, information systems, mathematics, statistics, or other science and engineering fields. 
• Active enrolled student during the months of January through April 2025 

Skills Required 

• 1+ year experience in developing decision support systems using operations research models.

Skills Preferred:   

• Experience in developing decision support systems using operations research models.
• Gurobi, CPLEX, or other optimization solvers.
• One or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or C/C++.
• Statistical analysis tool such as R or MS Excel.
• Database programming languages such as SQL or NoSQL.
• Machine learning, neural network, and deep learning.
• Simulation with AnyLogic or ARENA.

Work Conditions
Location: Atlanta, GA 
Environment: Hybrid (two days in office; three days remote) 
Duration: 12 weeks 
Schedule: Monday through Friday; 9AM -5PM 
 

Company Overview

Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.

At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization.

Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.