Internship Operations Research Engineer

CMA CGM; Marseille; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Based in Marseille, CMA CGM's Digital Department offers an internship in Operations Research within a data science team. You will design, improve, and integrate optimization models to enhance performance and reduce carbon footprint in logistics.

The role requires a Master 2 in Operations Research, strong constraint modeling, C/C++, Python, and experience with solvers (ideally Cplex). English proficiency is essential; AWS and SQL are a bonus.

Qualifications

• Specialized academic background in Operations Research is mandatory.
• Master 2 in OR required with hands-on OR experience.
• Strong knowledge of constraint modeling, DAGs, and solvers like Cplex.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python; Git for collaboration.
• Nice to have AWS and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operational teams to understand needs.
• Monitor tech developments to select best solutions.
• Design and refine an OR model.
• Identify data requirements and implement data flows.
• Improve algorithm performance.
• Analyze results and prepare reports for operations.
• Describe approach and present to teams.
• Integrate model into an operational tool and process.

Skills

Constraint modeling

Directed Acyclic Graphs

CPLEX

C++

Python

Git

Algorithm optimization

English proficiency

Education

Master 2 in Operations Research

Tools

AWS Cloud

SQL

Job description

CMA CGM

Information Technology

Internship

Full Time

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group's shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

YOUR ROLE

As part of the Digital Department of a transportation group, you will help design, improve, and integrate optimization algorithms that contribute to improving the group's performance and carbon footprint.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

As part of the data science department, you will be responsible for:

• Working with operational teams to understand their needs.
• Monitoring technological developments to find the best solution to a given problem.
• Designing and refining an operational research model.
• Identifying the data needed for these refinements and implementing the data flows.
• Improving algorithm performance.
• Analyzing results and producing reports explaining them.
• Describing the approach and presenting it to operational teams.
• Integrating the model into an operational tool and process.

This internship will allow you to develop your skills in Operations Research, as well as in all related fields (business, IT), through a real use case in the logistics sector.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

A specialized academic background and hands-on experience in Operations Research are mandatory requirements for this position.

• Education: Student in the second year of a Master's degree (Master 2) specializing in Operations Research.
• Technical skills: Strong knowledge of constraint modeling/programming; directed acyclic graphs; commercial solvers (ideally Cplex); C++ / Python; collaborative development tools (git); algorithm performance optimization.
• Nice to have: Cloud AWS; SQL.
• Languages: Very good level of English (oral and written) is required.
• Personal qualities: Your curiosity, rigor, and analytical skills will help you succeed in this role.

JOB ENVIRONMENT

Come along on CMA CGM's adventure !

Information at a Glance

Rise in motion with CMA CGM Group: where ambition meets opportunity.

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The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and thechance to make a meaningful impact. Thisis more than a job. It's a journey on which you rise.

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