Americold Logistics, LLC.

Senior Operations Excellence Engineer

Americold Logistics, LLC.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Brooklyn Park • Minnesota • United States

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Salary

💰 $76,000 - $94,500 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provide engineering and project support to Americold facilities.
  • Drive labor productivity and inventory control improvements through engineered labor standards, performance-based incentive roll-out, ideate and support the execution and sustainment of continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Leverage dashboards to monitor site-level labor, inventory, and service performance, identify issues, and drive corrective actions across all assigned sites.
  • Identify and drive productivity improvement, process enhancement, and inventory control initiatives through continuous improvement projects.
  • Develop, validate, and maintain time-studied standards.
  • Calculate and implement performance incentives.
  • Ensure proper change management to sustain assigned projects.
  • Provide training to operations teams on labor management, inventory control, process improvement tools, and associated systems.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations for process improvements.
  • Evaluate material handling equipment requirements as needed.
  • Keep abreast of the latest technology in warehousing and evaluate for applications.
  • Develop project scopes, specifications, and estimates as needed.
  • Conduct audits and comparative site analyses to ensure compliance, identify performance gaps, and establish benchmarks for inventory control excellence.
  • Assist with improving productivity and reducing costs.
  • Create scheduling tools to capture work content.
  • Own 5 Habits and labor management system performance improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Engineering or equivalent degree, such as Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or Logistics, is required.
  • 3+ years of work experience in Industrial Engineering or combined equivalent experience with a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
  • Experience in developing engineered labor standards.
  • Continuous improvement experience and knowledge of CI methodologies required.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
  • Must be able to utilize problem-solving techniques to identify root causes of failures and solutions to meet targets.
  • Strong business planning and analytical skills, including market intelligence, metrics, and financial analysis.
  • Must be self-motivated and self-directing.
  • Knowledge of distribution center/logistics concepts – understanding of warehousing best practices.
  • Willingness to travel 50 – 75%.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
engineered labor standardscontinuous improvement methodologiesperformance incentivestime-studied standardsprocess improvement toolsscheduling toolsdata analysisinventory controlcost reduction techniquesmaterial handling equipment evaluation
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingself-motivationanalytical skillscross-functional collaborationbusiness planningroot cause analysischange management