Vice President, Operations & Engineering

BNSF Logistics • Coppell, TX

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About The Position

The Vice President of Operations & Engineering reports directly to the President & CEO and is accountable for translating customer commitments into safe, reliable, efficient, and profitable execution across project cargo, rail-integrated logistics, warehousing, transload, freight management, trucking, and other complex logistics services. The role leads end-to-end delivery of customer solutions from commercial handoff through successful project completion and serves as the organization's primary owner of execution performance and customer outcomes after handoff, with accountability for continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC).

The position works closely with Commercial and other enabling functions to support effective handoffs, disciplined project execution, proactive customer communication, rapid problem resolution, and feedback that improves future solutions. It provides strategic and operational leadership for Design & Securement, Project Management, Field Operations, Warehousing and Transload Operations, Freight Management, Trucking Operations, Dimensional Railcar Operations, Safety & Quality, and Continuous Improvement, aligning these functions and holding them accountable for operational performance, service delivery, safety, and profitability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across operations, project management, engineering, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, or comparable complex execution environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading multifunctional teams responsible for complex customer or project execution.
• Strong understanding of project management, field operations, transportation, and operational performance management.
• Experience leading technical and operational professionals across geographically distributed operations.
• Strong customer communication, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of specific qualifications.

Nice To Haves

• MBA and/or an advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, structured problem solving, or comparable continuous-improvement methodologies strongly preferred.
• Rail, project cargo, heavy-haul, industrial, engineering, warehousing, transload, or complex multimodal logistics experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of customer solutions from commercial handoff through successful project completion.
• Own execution performance and customer outcomes after commercial handoff, with accountability for continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC).
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Design & Securement, Project Management, Field Operations, Warehousing and Transload Operations, Freight Management, Trucking Operations, Dimensional Railcar Operations, Safety & Quality, and Continuous Improvement.
• Work with Commercial and enabling functions to ensure effective handoffs, disciplined project execution, proactive customer communication, and rapid problem resolution.
• Use operational feedback to improve future customer solutions.
• Lead and align work across Safety & Quality, Project Management, Operations, Engineering Design & Securement, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional Leadership, and Coaching & Capability Building.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive