Remote Logistics Engineer — Transportation Optimization

Redwood Logistics; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development opportunities

Internal mobility

Employee referral bonus program

401k plans with match

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Redwood Logistics is seeking a Logistics Engineer for its Managed Services organization. The role focuses on identifying and modeling transportation optimization opportunities for our managed clients, combining logistics expertise with analytical and technical skills to reduce costs and improve networks.

You will work with Client Success, Data Science, Reporting & Analytics, Technology, Solution Design, Operations, and customer teams to deliver engineering solutions and ongoing improvements in

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 ability to apply logistics knowledge to data and modeling.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel; experience with transportation optimization, network modeling, simulation, SQL, or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate analysis into clear business recommendations.
• Detail-oriented, curious, and comfortable working with complex transportation data.
• Ability to collaborate across technical, operational, commercial, and customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering studies including consolidation, mode optimization, LTL pooling, center-of-gravity analysis, and route optimization.
• Analyze transportation data to identify opportunities and model alternative network, mode, consolidation and routing strategies.
• Apply logistics knowledge to develop realistic modeling assumptions, evaluate results, and recommend practical solutions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Excel

SQL

Network modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Industrial Engineering or Analytics

Tools

Excel

SQL

Network modeling

Transportation optimization tools

Job description

Redwood Logistics is seeking a Logistics Engineer for its Managed Services organization. The role focuses on identifying and modeling transportation optimization opportunities for our managed clients, combining logistics expertise with analytical and technical skills to reduce costs and improve networks.

You will work with Client Success, Data Science, Reporting & Analytics, Technology, Solution Design, Operations, and customer teams to deliver engineering solutions and ongoing improvements in