Senior Logistics Engineer: AI-Driven Maintenance Analytics

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; Lowell (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Logistics Engineer who will apply quantitative methods to optimize maintenance productivity, asset reliability, and cost performance.

This role collaborates with internal teams to translate requirements into optimal solutions and provide data-driven recommendations to leadership. The position emphasizes analyzing large datasets, building scenario models, and mentoring junior staff while leveraging automation and AI analytics for efficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, mathematics, statistics, information management, or related field, plus 5 years in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Experience in data visualization software, statistics, operations research, linear programming, forecasting, predictive modeling, relational databases, SQL, and/or cloud-based analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large, complex historical datasets to support development of maintenance labor assumptions, productivity benchmarks, and performance metrics.
• Incorporate automation and AI-enabled analytics approaches to improve efficiency and speed of maintenance analysis.
• Build cost-benefit and scenario models for maintenance facility planning, capacity analysis, and network optimization.
• Analyze equipment domiciles, service demand, and travel requirements to evaluate total cost and service coverage tradeoffs.
• Prepare data-backed comparisons under varying operational assumptions to facilitate strategic evaluations.
• Identify and develop solutions to improve labor productivity, repair variability, and asset performance; perform root cause and diagnostic analysis.
• Lead collaborations with cross-functional teams to implement analytical changes in reporting tools and systems.
• Translate stakeholder needs into optimal solutions and tailor communication of technical information for leaders.
• Lead and/or support projects to accomplish business goals; train and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistics

Operations research

Forecasting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's in Statistics

Bachelor's in Mathematics

Bachelor's in MIS

Tools

SQL

Relational databases

Cloud analytics

Data visualization software

Forecasting software

Job description

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Logistics Engineer who will apply quantitative methods to optimize maintenance productivity, asset reliability, and cost performance.

This role collaborates with internal teams to translate requirements into optimal solutions and provide data-driven recommendations to leadership. The position emphasizes analyzing large datasets, building scenario models, and mentoring junior staff while leveraging automation and AI analytics for efficiency