Industrial Engineer: Optimize Warehouse Flows & KPIs

GXO Logistics, Inc

Houston, Northern (TX, KY)

Hybrid

USD 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking an Industrial Engineer for our Houston area operations. The role focuses on identifying facility design requirements, improving productivity, and developing work instructions and SOPs to enhance efficiency across multiple sites.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field, at least one year of engineering experience, and proficiency with analytical tools and MS Office. Travel up to 25% and BI software experience are a plus.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
1 year of engineering experience.
Experience with analytical tools such as flow charts, Pareto charts, cause and effect diagrams, run charts.
Microsoft Office experience.

Responsibilities

Identify facility design requirements based on activity levels, product dimensional profiles, product flow and transportation methods.
Develop production time studies, head count analyses, downtime analyses, efficiency improvement plans, warehouse slotting and SKU velocity analyses.
Identify bottlenecks and improve flow; analyze inbound, outbound and inventory operations to create and maintain optimum warehouse operations.
Perform value stream mapping, process improvements and standardization across multiple sites.
Assist pricing and solutions teams in providing operational cost and other key info needed for RFPs.
Track KPIs and develop basic analytics for all operational metrics.
Work with vendors to identify operational equipment and automation solutions.
Develop and manage project plans for major operational improvement activities.
Support the Maintenance department by developing lists of critical spare parts, min/max tracker.
Daily P&L tracking for Finance.
Convert contract documents, proposals and statements of work into work instructions and operating procedures; submit ISO-compliant work instructions and standard operating procedure documents to the Quality Management System (QMS)