OPEX - Industrial Engineering (West Region)

Summary

Americold Logistics, LLC. is a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics that helps keep food safe, fresh, and accessible. The OPEX - Industrial Engineering role provides engineering and project support to facilities across the West Region, focusing on labor productivity, inventory control, continuous improvement, performance monitoring, and operational cost reduction.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

• 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
• Ability to drive decision-making through data and relevant business metrics
• Ability to resolve problems in a timely manner with little or no supervision
• Ability to manage a project portfolio of varying priorities and impact value
• 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 plus
• Strong computer skills including SQL, Power B.I, MS Office and MSD/MOST experience preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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
• Ability to drive decision-making through data and relevant business metrics
• Ability to resolve problems in a timely manner with little or no supervision
• Ability to manage a project portfolio of varying priorities and impact value

Nice to Haves

• 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 plus
• Strong computer skills including SQL, Power B.I, MS Office and MSD/MOST experience preferred

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• The company invests in its people’s growth and well-being