Job Description

Job Summary
CSX Technology is looking for an experienced Senior Operations Research Scientist for the Operations Research (OR) Group. This individual’s domain of expertise should be on the development of MIP, heuristic and algorithmic solutions to industry specific problems, as well as high quality implementation of such solutions. The Senior Operations Research Scientist will serve as a technical OR leadership expert for the entire organization. They will partner with management to identify and research application problems, search for solutions, and make recommendations. They will promote new initiatives, identify areas of critical need, drive change through application development, work directly with internal customers to enact change, identify business requirements and develop the best course of actions to meet their needs. The Senior Operations Research Scientist is expected to develop decision support systems, manage their implementation, and provide support and maintenance. Collaborating with other organizations within and outside the company is an essential part of the job.

Primary Activities and Responsibilities

Ability to effectively communicate in oral and written mediums with all levels of audiences.
Generate new OR techniques and drive the successful adoption and integration of OR applications to execute business strategies and achieve results across CSX organizations. Understand business problems and create actionable project plans, while delivering sound OR solutions that exceed customer expectations.
Actively engage with business, internal technical and external technology vendor teams to define, design, and develop new business applications.
Collaborate with other organizations both internal and external to the company.
Provide leadership and technical direction to team members and monitor the deliverables of the technical team.
Project management and planning skills, risk mitigation, timeline and deadline assessment. Ability to contingency plan, analyze systems for efficiencies, and develop test case scenarios.
Create system designs to facilitate the inter-operability of large-scale business systems.
Formulate mathematical models and apply different optimization methods by using or developing requisite software for strategic/tactical/operational decision making, policy formulation, and other related managerial functions
Manage projects, define scope, implement architecture and system with partnership of CSX Technology teams during conversion of OR tool prototypes into production.
Build and implement optimization models in the railroad transportation industry using solution approaches that include linear and mixed integer programming, meta-heuristics, and network flow algorithms
Utilize computer programming skills and relational database systems to develop optimization applications
Analyze and enhance existing code of projects in development
Perform analytics support to various company initiatives
Manage OR tool development projects
Roll out new OR tools and train end users
Convert OR tool prototypes into production
Collect data and perform simulation and/or statistical analysis to extrapolate alternate scenarios
Manage university and outside consultant projects
Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager

 Qualifications
 Minimum Qualifications

Graduate Degree
6 or more years of experience in with object oriented programming in C#, C++ or Java at a level that would be required of a research or industry implementation

Preferred Qualifications

Post-graduate Degree
5 or more years of experience in software development or large-scale code bases

Knowledge and Skills

Experience required conducting statistical analysis or simulation modeling
Ability to excel in agile/iterative development atmosphere
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies
Ability to establish rapport and relationships with individuals at all levels internally and externally
Knowledge of Visual Studio, Eclipse, or related Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Knowledge of C#, Java or C++
3+ years working with relational database systems (Oracle, SQL Server, writing SQL)
Knowledge of Python or R
Familiarity with version control and configuration management
Written and oral communication skills

Leadership
The CSX Leadership Model is the foundation of our Talent Strategy and is what drives CSX performance. CSX accordingly selects and develops talent based on each of the following: producing results, creating change, and inspiring excellence.

Job Requirements

Work flexible days/hours as dictated by business needs
Work inside an office environment

Safety Commitment
Guided by a policy of ensuring the safety of our employees, our customers and the communities we serve, CSX works relentlessly to prevent accidents and injuries. When a company puts safety first, everyone benefits: the employees and their families, the customers and the communities. In line with our commitment to safety, the applicant selected for this position may be required to successfully complete medical screenings and a background check.