Lead Warehouse Automation & Design Engineer

GXO Logistics, Inc; North Carolina; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking a Lead Industrial Engineer, Warehouse Design, to drive the development of design packages for optimal facility layouts and material handling systems.

You will manage engineering activities during implementation, including vendor management and testing. The role demands leadership of engineering teams, strong data analysis, and experience with AutoCAD, SQL, Power BI, and Python.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 4 years of engineering experience in supply chain, logistics, warehousing or related field.
• Experience leading Engineering teams.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Data Analytics team to analyze client data to determine order profiles, storage media application, product slotting, velocity, SKU affinities, ABC analysis.
• Prepares engineering calculations and documents to describe solution and detailed operating concepts such as storage and shipping capacity, facility sizing, zoning, slotting, waving, etc. and facilitates reviews with key work stream leads including engineering peers, WMS Implementation, and operations.
• Designs the overall facility layout, storage media, and flow paired with the appropriate equipment supporting the Concept of Operations.
• Supports the business development process by supporting the solutions team’s response to RFPs including developing materials and presenting to potential clients.
• Evaluate and compare manual and automated warehouse solutions, develop detailed ROI, payback, and use these insights to drive data‑based warehouse layout, process, and design recommendations.
• Leads detailed engineering process on new business awards to take the design from conceptualization to full detailed design ready for implementation by performing data analyses, developing material handling specifications, working with vendors to obtain quotes, and generating a detailed, engineered AutoCAD layout with fitment into the selected facility.

Skills

Project leadership

Data analysis

Supply chain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

SQL

Power BI

Python

Microsoft Office

Job description

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking a Lead Industrial Engineer, Warehouse Design, to drive the development of design packages for optimal facility layouts and material handling systems.

You will manage engineering activities during implementation, including vendor management and testing. The role demands leadership of engineering teams, strong data analysis, and experience with AutoCAD, SQL, Power BI, and Python.