Specialist

• You make a direct impact on the design of personnel based on the full timetable (infrastructure, rolling stock) and thereby contribute to a reliable timetable for millions of travelers.
• You work in an environment that is fully in development, in which you - alongside your core duties as a designer - contribute to improving and further shaping the design process.
• You combine substantive depth with stakeholder contact and interface daily with various disciplines within NS.

Jan: "Working in Designing Specific Days means continuously responding to changes and solving complex puzzles. You see the result of your work immediately and simultaneously help build the future of the process, which is always in motion."

Within the Designing Specific Days (OSD) department, you work on designing and adjusting timetables during, for example, maintenance work or events. You ensure that the timetable, rolling stock, and personnel deployment align accordingly.

You are responsible for analyzing the required deployment of driving or shunting personnel and rolling stock deployment for the adjusted timetable for the weeks that you and your team are handling.

You work in an environment that is still fully in development. Therefore, you dare to make substantiated assessments and provide direction based on incomplete information.

Thanks to your analytical skills and ability to connect, you are of invaluable importance in:

• Calculating and analyzing personnel requirements based on timetable changes
• Converting design wishes into an executable timetable and rolling stock design.
• Coordinating with stakeholders such as planning departments, Asset Strategy and Development Specifications, and capacity management S&O to balance supply and demand.
• Managing personnel shifts within short and medium-term planning
• Identifying bottlenecks and proactively contributing to solutions within the chain
• Contributing to the improvement and further structuring of processes within the OSD domain.
• Working with data and IT tools to realize increasingly better analyses, designs, and insights

Curious what your work week could look like as a Specialist at NS? You combine days in which you dive deep into analyses with moments where you coordinate with colleagues and stakeholders to reach the best plan.

• You have at least a completed HBO (higher professional education) degree in logistics, transport, or a similar field
• You have experience (or an internship) within a logistics or planning environment and understand how planning issues work
• You see through complex issues and translate them into concrete and applicable solutions
• You work independently and actively seek collaboration with various stakeholders to achieve the best result
• You take initiative and actively contribute to improvements in an environment that is still in development
• You work accurately, oversee the effect of your work on other parts of the organization, and ensure quality
• You are skilled in working with datasets and IT tools and have an interest in technological developments
• You have a good command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written