Remote Logistics Engineer: Transportation Optimization

Redwood Logistics, LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development

Internal mobility

Employee referral bonus

ERGs

Volunteer events

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

401k with match

Health savings account

Disability & life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Redwood Logistics, LLC is seeking a Logistics Engineer to identify and model transportation optimization opportunities for managed clients. You will combine logistics expertise with analytical and technical skills to improve networks, reduce cost, and develop practical client recommendations.

You will work closely with Client Success, Data Science, Reporting & Analytics, Technology, Solution Design, Operations, and customer teams to deliver engineering solutions and continuously improve how

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Analytics, or a related field.
• Professional experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain operations, or transportation engineering.
• Strong knowledge of transportation operations, including truckload, LTL, consolidation, routing, mode selection, transportation rates, and equipment utilization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to apply logistics knowledge to data and modeling.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel and strong technical aptitude; experience with transportation optimization, network modeling, simulation, SQL, or similar analytical tools is a plus.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate analysis into clear business and customer recommendations.
• Detail-oriented, curious, and comfortable working with complex transportation data.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical, operational, commercial, and customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering studies including consolidation, mode optimization, LTL pooling, center-of-gravity analysis, continuous improvement assessments, and route/milk-run optimization.
• Analyze transportation data to identify opportunities and model alternative network, mode, consolidation, and routing strategies.
• Apply logistics and operational knowledge to develop realistic modeling assumptions, evaluate results, and recommend solutions that make sense in practice.
• Prepare and validate data for engineering studies, including location normalization, shipment segmentation, and transportation cost baselines.
• Use transportation optimization, rating, simulation, and network modeling tools to execute studies and evaluate opportunities.
• Partner with Data Science and Solutions to develop tools and processes that improve Engineering efficiency, quality, consistency, and modeling capabilities.
• Proactively identify opportunities through supply chain assessments that consider both transportation data and customer priorities.
• Quantify opportunities using consistent savings methodologies and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Present findings to customers and internal teams and provide Engineering expertise to support implementation planning.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Excel proficiency

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Analytics, or related field

Tools

SQL

Transportation optimization tools

Network modeling

Job description

Redwood Logistics, LLC is seeking a Logistics Engineer to identify and model transportation optimization opportunities for managed clients. You will combine logistics expertise with analytical and technical skills to improve networks, reduce cost, and develop practical client recommendations.

You will work closely with Client Success, Data Science, Reporting & Analytics, Technology, Solution Design, Operations, and customer teams to deliver engineering solutions and continuously improve how