Freelance / Full-time - Mid-level Operations Research Engineer

Tasks and Responsibilities For our data and intelligence team, we are looking for an Operations Research Engineer to collaborate on integrated prototypes for planning optimization within the nautical supply chain. You will work closely with a senior and an expert in Operations Research. You will research optimization opportunities and help develop advanced planning techniques that can improve efficiency and throughput in the ports of the Scheldt. Additionally, you will build prototypes to test the feasibility and effectiveness of new planning optimizations. In doing so, you will collaborate with software engineers within a single delivery team and regularly coordinate with various stakeholders in the nautical supply chain. Your Profile You combine a solid knowledge of statistics with experience in operations research, planning optimization, and innovation consultancy. You are able to clearly translate complex subject matter to business stakeholders and work in a result-oriented, meticulous, and quality-conscious manner. You have experience in modeling complex, multi-objective operations research problems. You have successfully developed planning optimization solvers integrating multiple functional domains and data streams. You can deploy scalable planning optimization solvers in Azure cloud environments with integrated CI/CD. You have experience setting up large-scale constraint programming processes. You have experience in Process Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Continuous Improvement.