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Capacity Planning Analyst (Rail Simulation, Dispatch & Ops)

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Date: Dec 18, 2024

Location: Atlanta, GA, US, 30308

Company: Norfolk Southern Corp.

Requisition38134:B4 Capacity Planning Analyst

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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.

Job Description

Uses data-driven approaches, notably data analytics and RTC modeling, to identify and evaluate network capacity improvement opportunities that lead to capital and operating expense reductions and/or revenue improvement.

Principal Duties:

• Engages in line and terminal capacity planning analysis, simulation studies, and engages in project management.

• Provides thoroughly researched and documented recommendations to project team members.

• Provides technical expertise to identify capacity-enhancing opportunities on the network.

• Applies working knowledge or the ability to learn Norfolk Southern business activities including the transportation network, transportation operations, dispatch operations, operating infrastructure, and commercial functions.

• Possesses strong computer and systems skills.

• Uses simulation software during rail infrastructure and process improvement projects.

• Participates in capacity studies that involve train dispatch and operations, terminal and local yard operations, as well as other core functions of Industrial Engineering.

• Discusses operating trends and validates modeling results with Transportation and NOC leaders.

Job Related Experience:

Minimum Level: 3 -5 years

Preferred Level: 6-10 years

Education:

Preferred Level: Bachelor's Degree (BS, BA) in Business, Engineering, Logistics. Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Capacity Management or similar field of study.

Skills Required:

• 3 years experience in a Dispatcher, Analyst or Operations position.

• Experience with MS Office Suite

• MS Word/Word Processing

• MS Powerpoint/Presentations

• MS Excel/Spreadsheets

Skills Preferred:

• NS Business experience including the transportation network, transportation operations, dispatch operations, operating infrastructure, and commercial functions.

• Railroad dispatching, operations or capacity planning experience.

• Uses simulation software during rail infrastructure improvement projects with RTC or similar.

• Data visualization experience in TIBCO, Tableau, PowerBI or similar.

• Experience with Inventory Management Systems within transportation and logistics environments such as TYES/UTCS.

Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Verbal and Written Communication skills

• Planning and Organizing

• Analytical Thinking

• Attention to Detail

• Facilitating Teamwork

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Presentation skills

• Knowledge of Railroad Operations

Career Path/Future Jobs:

• Senior Industrial Engineer

• Service Design

• Terminal Operations

• Assistant Supervisor, Dispatch

Predecessor Jobs Preferred

• Dispatcher, Chief Dispatcher

Work Conditions

Environment: Hybrid

Shift Work: No

On-Call: As Needed

Weekend Work: No

Travel Required: 0-3 days per month as needed.

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.