Engineering Specialist IV

Federal Express Corporation; Hutchins (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Express Corporation in Texas is seeking a District engineer/operations planner to optimize district plans and improve efficiencies. You will leverage hands-on knowledge of facilities and systems, collaborating with managers to monitor adherence and implement improvements.

Responsibilities include capacity planning, volume projections, and labor standards, with a focus on reducing costs and boosting productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of equivalent experience in transportation/logistics/engineering.
• 6 years of industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience or 4 years combined Sort and P&D Manager experience.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a change agent to influence management decisions for alignment and optimization of plans.
• Identifies facility inefficiencies through root cause analysis and delivers on-site improvements.
• Advises and facilitates optimal use of dock operational systems and identifies corrective actions.
• Creates Network Alignment Plans.
• Determines Capacity Planning to maximize facility use.
• Prepares Volume Projections for short term and long range.
• Oversees District changes (spin-offs, expansions, relocations).
• Forecasts labor and project manning needs for current and future.
• Evaluates hub/linehaul times for requirements.
• Develops labor standards to minimize labor hours.
• Produces monthly operational plans for resource planning, focusing on peak periods.
• Sets goals and budgets to drive productivity and cost savings.
• Provides material handling project recommendations with financial analysis.
• Trains management on processes and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

MS Office

Business Objects

Verbal and written communication

Presentation skills

Time management

CAD knowledge

Analytical thinking

Travel endurance 75%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

Equivalency: 4 extra years experience + high school diploma/GED or unrelated bachelor

Industrial Engineering / Operations management experience

Tools

Vision dock system knowledge

Sortation Systems – ISS & ISSC

Job description

• Constructs contingency plans for potential abnormal events.

Advises, plans, develops, and designs District engineering/operational plans to optimize efficiencies in business objectives. Leverages operational knowledge of various facilities, their specific engineering processes, and deep working knowledge of operational systems. Collaborates with Managers to monitor adherence to plans, determine root cause of deficiencies, develop and assist management in implementation of action and support compliance and training efforts that they identify in the District.

Essential Functions

• Acts as a change agent throughout the District in order to influence and steer management decisions to ensure alignment and optimization of engineering and operational plans
• Identifies facility inefficiencies through root cause analysis by conducting facility visit observations and leveraging operational knowledge for solutions to deliver on-site assistance for improvements.
• Advises and facilitates team knowledge and optimal application of dock operational systems (such as Vision, Sortation Systems – ISS & ISSC) and identifies and solves for corrective actions.
• Creates Network Alignment Plans.
• Determines Capacity Planning to ensure full use of facilities.
• Prepares Volume Projections for short term/future/long range.
• Oversees District Changes (spin offs, expansions, relocations).
• Forecasts labor and project manning needs for current/future.
• Evaluates Hub/Linehaul cut times to determine if they are meeting requirements.
• Develops Labor Standards to minimize labor hours as needed.
• Produces monthly operational plans to determine required resources needed with special focus on Peak planning.
• Responsible for goal/budget setting (productivity, service and cost) to turn cost inefficiencies into cost savings.
• Provides material handling project recommendations, including financial analysis, to justify facility expansions.
• Constructs contingency plans for potential abnormal events.
• Acts as a subject-matter expert on all operational/system/technology processes and upgrades.
• Identifies possible gaps in adherence to SQI metrics as it pertains to scanning, pickup, delivery, loss, and damage.
• Trains management on operational processes and procedures
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math required. OR
• An equivalency of four (4) additional years’ experience in the areas below + minimum required experience with a high school diploma/GED or unrelated Bachelor’s degree. Experience in the following areas include: - The transportation industry in a relevant operations management role OR - Industrial Engineering experience in any field

Minimum Experience

• 6 years of industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience required OR
• 4 years combined Sort and P&D Manager experience required

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications.
• Working knowledge of Business Objects.
• Verbal and written communication skills necessary to explain complex and/or confidential information.
• Presentation skills necessary to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups and/or individuals.
• Time management and organizational skills necessary to manage multiple projects, appropriately prioritize workload, plan for resources to meet deadlines and goals, and respond to day-to-day functional needs.
• Ability to anticipate and identify problems and use sound judgment and fact-based analysis to develop effective and efficient solutions.
• Ability to inspire a shared vision and empower and motivate a team.
• Ability to travel up to 75%.
• Knowledge of concepts related to Material Handling, Computer Aided Design, and Business Object preferred.
• Ability to perform cost justification analysis.

Job Conditions

50-75%

Pay Transparency

Pay: $81,123 to $103,137

Additional Details

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Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact [e-mail].

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