Industrial Engineer III - CI

GEODIS Career • Plainfield, IN

7d

About The Position

Responsible for finding, developing, and executing projects that will improve our operations or provide a growth path for our clients; develops and provides mathematical analyses to support Engineering recommendations for improvements; guides Kaizen events to reduce waste in our operations; updates facility layouts and helps develop material handling equipment designs, storage media designs, process designs, slotting and pick path analyses; analyzes client data to determine order profiles, storage media application, product slotting, velocity, SKU affinities, ABC analysis; collaborates with Operations leadership on analysis of periodic reporting and the potential actions to drive improvement; participates in scope confirmation sessions with client and/or Operations team; identifies changes to scope when they occur and provides necessary documentation and escalation; leads detailed engineering process on building/operational changes to take the design from conceptualization to full detailed design ready for implementation by performing data analyses, developing material handling specifications, working with vendors to obtain quotes, and generating a detailed, engineered AutoCAD layout with fitment into the selected facility; prepares engineering documents to describe solution and detailed operating concepts such as storage and shipping capacity, zoning, slotting, waving, etc. and facilitates reviews with key work stream leads including engineering peers, WMS Implementation, and operations; participates in the creation and/or update of WMS configuration files with all needed locations slotting/zoning/sequences/put-away and picking profiles for the facility and preparing slotting files and/or slotting tool for the facility; manages material handling vendors through schedule, permitting, installation, commissioning, punch lists, etc. and validates all equipment installation and modifications, including necessary testing of automated material handling equipment; researches and maintains knowledge of emerging industry practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (US or foreign equivalent) in Industrial, Mechanical, Process, or Mechatronics Engineering or related Engineering field and four (4) years of engineering experience. Alternatively, will accept Master’s degree (US or foreign equivalent) in Industrial, Mechanical, Process, or Mechatronics Engineering or related Engineering field plus two (2) years of engineering experience.
• Experience with AutoCAD and SQL
• PC literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• 3PL warehousing, distribution center or fulfillment experience

Responsibilities

• Finding, developing, and executing projects that will improve our operations or provide a growth path for our clients
• Developing and providing mathematical analyses to support Engineering recommendations for improvements
• Guiding Kaizen events to reduce waste in our operations
• Updating facility layouts and helps develop material handling equipment designs, storage media designs, process designs, slotting and pick path analyses
• Analyzing client data to determine order profiles, storage media application, product slotting, velocity, SKU affinities, ABC analysis
• Collaborating with Operations leadership on analysis of periodic reporting and the potential actions to drive improvement
• Participating in scope confirmation sessions with client and/or Operations team
• Identifying changes to scope when they occur and provides necessary documentation and escalation
• Leading detailed engineering process on building/operational changes to take the design from conceptualization to full detailed design ready for implementation by performing data analyses, developing material handling specifications, working with vendors to obtain quotes, and generating a detailed, engineered AutoCAD layout with fitment into the selected facility
• Preparing engineering documents to describe solution and detailed operating concepts such as storage and shipping capacity, zoning, slotting, waving, etc. and facilitates reviews with key work stream leads including engineering peers, WMS Implementation, and operations
• Participating in the creation and/or update of WMS configuration files with all needed locations slotting/zoning/sequences/put-away and picking profiles for the facility and preparing slotting files and/or slotting tool for the facility
• Managing material handling vendors through schedule, permitting, installation, commissioning, punch lists, etc. and validates all equipment installation and modifications, including necessary testing of automated material handling equipment
• Researching and maintaining knowledge of emerging industry practice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees