Industrial Engineer II
Company: Americold
Location: Bloomingdale
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview
Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and
transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools and retail
outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential
link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on
tables around the world.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates
temperature-controlled warehouses around the world. We have over
16,000 associates and offer a wide variety of career opportunities
- from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting,
administration, business development, customer support,
engineering, transportation, and technology solutions
positions.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibility:Provide engineering and project support to
Americold facilities. Drive labor improvement through engineered
labor standards, performance-based incentive roll-out, ideate and
support the execution and sustainment of continuous improvement
initiatives.Essential Functions:• Identify and drive productivity
improvement 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 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.• Assist with improving productivity and reducing costs•
Ability to create scheduling tools to capture work content • Own 5
Habits and labor management system performance improvements
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience:• Bachelor's degree or higher in
Industrial Engineering or equivalent degree such as Supply Chain,
Operations, Engineering, 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• Experience within the distribution/warehouse/logistics
industry preferred• Proficient in RF Scanning and Warehouse
Management Systems preferred• Experience in semi and fully
automated material handling systems a plusKnowledge & Employment
Standards:• Knowledge of distribution center/logistics concepts -
understanding of warehousing best practices • Ability to drive
decision making through data and relevant business metrics• Ability
to resolve problems in a timely manner with little or no
supervision• 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, financial and analysis• Ability to manage project
portfolio of varying priorities and impact value• Must be
self-motivated and self-directing• Strong computer skills including
SQL, Power B.I, MS Office and MSD/MOST experience preferred•
Willingness to travel 50 - 75%Physical Requirements & Abilities:The
physical demands described below are representative of those that
must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the
job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job•
Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent
interruptions• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting
up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending• Requires manual
dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office
work• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of
completing assigned tasks• May require travel by automobile and
airplane• May require visiting facility operations in temperatures
at or below freezing• May carry loads related to travel and
occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing
up to 20 pounds• Requires the use of various electronic tools•
Occasionally works evenings or weekends to complete objectives or
to attend meetings• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond
giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues
without exhibiting behavioral extremes• Requires the performance of
work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing,
persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to
constructive feedback from executive managementAmericold is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action EmployerEOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW
Keywords: Americold, Savannah , Industrial Engineer II, Engineering , Bloomingdale, Georgia
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