Data Scientist

Vopak helps the world flow forward. We store the energy of today and tomorrow. But behind our impressive terminals and tanks, it is our people who make the difference. To strengthen our leading position in the energy transition and global trade, we are looking for your talent. As a Data Scientist, you will play a key role in realizing our ambitions while building both the future of Vopak and your own.

Why you’ll love working with us

• A gross salary between € 65.000 - € 95.000 depending on your experience, knowledge and seniority in the role.

  30 vacation days, with the option to purchase 10 additional days.

• An excellent pension scheme with only a 4% personal contribution to our own Vopak pension fund.

• We cover 50% of your health insurance premium.

• Net internet allowance of 40 euros per month on a full-time basis.

• We will continuously invest in your personal growth, and future career path within Vopak.

• Great atmosphere! Plenty of freedom, room for initiative, and colleagues with a good sense of humor.

• Want to know more about our great work culture? Follow us on Instagram or check out our stories on LinkedIn .

Your Mission

As a Data Scientist, your mission is to build and develop models and applications that empower the business to make informed operational and tactical decisions. Being part of the Analytics & AI team within the newly formed Corporate Information Office, you will turn opportunities into business-facing digital delivery, supporting our overarching North Star to become an "Efficient IT Operator". By applying your technical expertise to create decision support systems, you will ensure our data and AI solutions are built and scaled effectively to make Vopak's operations "Better, Faster, and Cheaper".

What will you be doing?

• Building Decision Support Systems: Designing and implementing Operations Research algorithms and mathematical models to give actionable decision support via our existing end-user applications.

• Optimizing Planning & Operations: Analyzing large datasets to extract meaningful insights and trends, directly accelerating and improving the quality of our (tank) planning and scheduling capabilities.

• Scaling Digital Delivery: Translating business requirements into robust solutions and safely deploying them into production via our CI/CD pipelines, acting on the strategy that Digital Solutions builds and scales technology.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Maintaining close relationships with data scientists, analysts, engineers, product managers, and business subject matter experts to drive Vopak's digital transformation.

Does this sound like you?

• You have an Academic Degree (e.g., econometrics, mathematics, IT) professional and intellectual level.

• You have 3-5 years of relevant work experience in implementing Operations Research algorithms and developing decision support systems.

• You are proficient in both Dutch and English (including excellent written and spoken English for an international environment).

• You have strong technical proficiency in SQL, Python, Cloud data platforms (like AWS and Snowflake), data visualization tooling, and Gitlab.

• You are a results-driven, adaptable, and critical thinker with strong communication skills, able to bridge the gap between complex mathematical concepts and both technical and non-technical stakeholders in an Agile/Scrum framework.

Don’t meet all our criteria?

No problem! If this role energizes you and our culture feels like a good fit, we warmly invite you to apply anyway.

Is this your next step?

We’d love to meet you! Together, we help the world flow forward. Apply directly via our website.

At Vopak we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong. To support this, we host several active Employee Resource Groups, including our International, Pride, Women’s and Young Professionals networks.