Engineering Project Leader developing and leading capital projects for Transportation and Warehouse. Collaborating with teams to enhance material handling and optimize asset effectiveness while managing budgets.
Responsibilities
Provide Engineering support in the Transportation and Warehouse space
Develop and lead capital projects at distribution centers and manufacturing plant warehouses
Develop and execute a warehouse Material Handling Equipment (MHE) strategy to maximize asset effectiveness while keeping capital spend and R&M costs within budget
Understand business drivers and be able understand the impact of capital investment on corporate strategies
Manually gather data from enterprise systems and distill data into insights
Based on insights, develop alternative solutions to eliminate process inefficiencies and execute capital projects for warehouse function
Work in collaboration with the manager to develop capital plans and manage the capital spend on assigned projects
Manage capital projects to meet budget, timeline and performance metrics
Oversee contractors to ensure projects are implemented safely
Develop relationships to guide accountability and value with strategic suppliers, on-site operations teams, and finance teams
Subject Matter Expert Material Handling Equipment
Develop and drive fleet strategies to optimize asset effectiveness and useful life while reducing maintenance costs
Manage fleet of roughly 2500 pieces of rolling stock across our network
Evaluate the latest fork truck, battery, and charging technologies and understand their application in our network
Evaluate emerging material handling technologies and how to use material handling automation to reduce reliance on manual labor such as: AGVs, AMRs, AS/RS, conveyor systems, etc.
Evaluate various material handling equipment - lease verses buy
Develop warehouse equipment specifications to support state-of-the-art warehousing concepts and procedures
Conduct fleet utilization studies and right-size fleets as necessary.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management
Minimum 5 years previous IE or logistics/distribution engineering experience
Experience with warehouse equipment maintenance (MHE, dock equipment, etc.)
Experience with warehouse material handling processes and operating practices and budgets
Experience with project development in warehouse infrastructure or warehouse cost reduction
Financial acumen and experience developing project cost justifications
Experience making presentations and communicate findings to senior level management
Experience driving programs and influence without direct reporting relationships
Experience in inventory management, warehouse operations or other supply chain related function that interfaces engineering with distribution operations
Experience in Project Management of projects up to $2MM
Excel – Intermediate level / MS Project
Visio or other Flow-Charting Experience
Experience of distribution operations and overall supply chain management
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