Engineering Specialist III

Federal Express Corporation•Fort Worth, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engineering Specialist III advises, plans, develops, and designs District engineering and operational plans to optimize business efficiencies. The role applies knowledge of facility operations, engineering processes, and operational systems. It collaborates with managers to monitor adherence to plans, identify root causes of deficiencies, support corrective actions, and assist with compliance and training. As a change agent across the District, the Specialist influences management decisions to align and optimize engineering and operational plans. The position identifies facility inefficiencies through root-cause analysis and site observations, and provides on-site assistance to improve operations. It advises teams on the effective use of dock operational systems, including Vision and Sortation Systems (ISS and ISSC), and develops corrective actions. The Specialist creates Network Alignment Plans, determines capacity needs, prepares volume projections, oversees District changes such as spin-offs, expansions, and relocations, forecasts labor and project staffing needs, evaluates Hub/Linehaul cut times, and develops labor standards. It produces monthly operational plans, with a focus on Peak planning, and sets productivity, service, and cost goals and budgets. The role also recommends material-handling projects, including financial analysis for facility expansions, develops contingency plans, serves as a subject matter expert on operational, system, and technology processes and upgrades, identifies potential gaps in SQI metric adherence, and trains management on operational processes and procedures. Other duties may be assigned. This is a hybrid position based in Fort Worth, Texas. Employees must live within a 50-mile radius and work at a FedEx office location up to several times per week. Domestic travel to various worksites is required, up to 75% of the time.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or a related field plus 2 years of experience in the job offered or in industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience; alternatively, 1 year of Area, P&D, and/or Sort manager experience, or experience as a former District Preload Ops Specialist.
Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or a related field plus 4 years of experience in the job offered or in industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience; alternatively, 3 years of Area, P&D, and/or Sort manager experience, or experience as a former District Preload Ops Specialist.
Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications.
Working knowledge of Business Objects and Power BI.
Verbal and written communication skills to explain complex and/or confidential information.
Presentation skills to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups or individuals.
Experience overseeing dock operational systems for optimization and service.
Ability to identify facility inefficiencies and develop engineered staffing plans for optimization, including current and future forecasted needs.
Experience with district goal and budget setting to turn cost inefficiencies into cost savings, including developing positional standards.
Ability to evaluate logistical flow throughout the network to optimize sortation and improve service.
Ability to anticipate and identify problems in a dock operational setting.
Must live within a 50-mile radius of Fort Worth, Texas.
Ability to travel domestically to various worksites up to 75% of the time.

Responsibilities

Advise, plan, develop, and design District engineering and operational plans to improve business efficiencies.
Collaborate with managers to monitor plan adherence, determine root causes of deficiencies, develop corrective actions, and support compliance and training efforts.
Influence management decisions to align and optimize engineering and operational plans across the District.
Identify facility inefficiencies through root-cause analysis and facility observations, and provide on-site assistance for improvements.
Advise teams on dock operational systems, including Vision and Sortation Systems (ISS and ISSC), and identify corrective actions.
Create Network Alignment Plans and determine facility capacity requirements.
Prepare short-term, future, and long-range volume projections.
Oversee District changes, including spin-offs, expansions, and relocations.
Forecast current and future labor and project staffing needs.
Evaluate Hub/Linehaul cut times to determine whether requirements are being met.
Develop labor standards to minimize labor hours as needed.
Produce monthly operational plans to determine resource requirements, with special focus on Peak planning.
Set goals and budgets for productivity, service, and cost to convert cost inefficiencies into savings.
Recommend material-handling projects and provide financial analysis to support facility expansions.
Construct contingency plans for potential abnormal events.
Serve as a subject matter expert on operational, system, and technology processes and upgrades.
Identify potential gaps in adherence to SQI metrics for scanning, pickup, delivery, loss, and damage.
Train management on operational processes and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.