Year Round Intern - Network Planning & Operations

Network Planning & Operations is within Union Pacific's Operating Department. This intern position is on NPO's resource planning team, which includes forecasting, locomotives, crews, and freight cars. If selected as an intern, you will have opportunities ranging from building automated data sets in Tableau visualizations, to applying math to various network analysis, to engaging on current projects surrounding forecasting, locomotives, crews, and freight cars.

Description

As an intern, you will build knowledge and experience in our core business groups and their vision, business objectives, processes, systems, and services. You will have extensive contact with peers and interaction with senior leaders. There will also be an opportunity to put leadership, technical skills, and business knowledge to immediate use through high value project assignments.

Accountabilities

• Assist with project management for various company initiatives and complete administrative tasks and special projects
• Learn and perform core department business group work tasks, processes, and customer services
• Perform administrative support for department business group managers
• Develop and execute project action plans and perform team assignments
• Build and strengthen a network of professional contacts within departments and across the company
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications - Required

• College credits equivalent to one year toward an undergraduate degree
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Basic organization, prioritization and time/project management skills

Qualifications - Preferred

• Experience in mathematical capacity analysis
• Experience automating and standardizing communication and documents (Tableau, Snowflake, Microsoft Office Suite)
• Completed or currently completing a class for Rail Traffic Controller (RTC)

Work Conditions

• Authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• 18 years of age or older

What We Offer:

• A strengths-based, engagement-focused, and performance-oriented culture
• A flexible, casual and hybrid work environment that allows you to work on-site and from home. (as the job allows)
• Ongoing learning and development
• On-site cafeteria (with employee discount), fitness center (free to employees), federal credit union, all in Union Pacific Center headquarters building in Omaha, Nebraska
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Competitive compensation