Solution Design Engineer

Dx Freight; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

25 days holidays

Long service recognition

Pension scheme

Life assurance

EAP program

DX Discounts

Career progression

Job summary

DX Freight in Reading, UK, is seeking an analytically minded professional to conduct quantitative analysis of cost and operational data, compare options and prepare implementation plans. You will engage stakeholders, liaise with IT for systems alignment and develop clear, data-driven recommendations.

The role focuses on end-to-end logistics cost drivers, dashboards and reporting to support informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• Numerate with strong analytical skills.
• Build basic Excel models to evaluate financial and operational impact.
• Familiar with end-to-end logistics processes and cost, capacity and productivity drivers.
• Experience in managing operational trials and measuring operational impact.
• Strong communication skills, able to focus on key messages and explain complex concepts in an understandable way.
• Familiarity with operational reporting metrics, and dashboards.
• Experience in operations research and layout design (Nice to have).
• Experience in building business cases for operational improvements and investment cases (Nice to have).

Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative analysis to compare options.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to support balanced qualitative assessment of options.
• Liaise with IT to ensure alignment of systems requirements.
• Prepare, document and present recommendations and implementation plans.
• Maintain relevant benchmarks and best practices for future design projects.
• Contribute to blue-sky thinking, prioritisation and testing possible solutions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excel modeling

Logistics knowledge

Operational trials

Communication

Dashboards

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Job Description

cost and operational data Conduct quantitative analysis to compare options Engage with relevant stakeholders to support balanced qualitative assessment of options and ensure any recommendations are realistic Liaise with IT to ensure alignment of systems requirements Prepare, document and present recommendations and implementation plans Maintain relevant benchmarks and best practices to guide and inform future design projects Contribute to blue-sky thinking and idea generation and prioritisationKnowledge, Skills and experience

Must Have

• Numerate with strong analytical skills.
• Must be able to build basic excel models to evaluate financial and operational impact of options
• Familiar with end-to-end logistics processes and cost, capacity and productivity drivers, including Collection and Delivery, Transport and Under-the-roof activities
• Experience in managing operational trials and measuring operational impact
• Strong communication skills, able to focus on key messages and explain complex concepts in an understandable way
• Familiarity with operational reporting metrics, and dashboards

Nice to have

• Experience in operations research, time and motion, layout design and operational process design
• Experience in building business cases for operational improvements and investment cases

Personal Specification

• Objective, analytical and data-driven
• Self-starter, motivated and driven to make meaningful improvements
• Creative, innovative, inquisitive and challenging
• Collaborative, able to engage with operational staff and other stakeholders to understand challenges, develop ideas and test possible solutions
• Thorough, diligent, honest and open
• Structured and able to break down complex deliverables into manageable steps
• Comfortable with ambiguity, able to use scenario analysis and estimates when reliable data is not available
• Clear communicator, willing to challenge the status quo and equally happy to receive challenge and feedback

Benefits

• Competitive Rates of Pay Holidays: 25
  days increasing with length of service + bank holidays
• Long Service Recognition scheme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance programme including 24/7 Virtual GP
• DX Discounts Portal
• Excellent opportunities for career progression and more!!

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Job DescriptionAll About YouYou will be friendly, hard-working and love the buzz of getting things done. We love team players and here at DX we are committed to providing our people the technical and personal skills to progress their careers.About usWe are a leading independent parcel, mail and logistics services company operating throughout the UK and Ireland delivering the important things in life. DX Freight provides next-day or scheduled delivery services for parcels and freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions, including warehouse management and the operation of customer-liveried vehicles. Our brand is what we do every day and our values set the tone for how we want our colleagues to go about their business of delivering the Delivered Exactly promise.What will it feel like to be part of our team?At DX, we know our people are our foundation of success. We are passionate about you developing your career with us; if you want to progress your career, DX will provide the