Industrial Engineer II
Company: Americold
Location: Springdale
Posted on: January 23, 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 and to Corporate. Drive labor improvement
through engineered labor standards, performance incentive roll-out,
lean process design and various other continuous improvement
initiatives. Essential Functions:• Identify and drive productivity
improvement initiatives through continuous improvement projects•
Validate and maintain time-studied standards• Calculate and
implement performance incentives• Ensure labor management system is
accurate and utilized on-site• Ensure proper change management of
projects assigned• Provide training to operations teams on labor
management and the 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 which accurately reflect work content of a
site• Own 5 Habits and Labor Management system performance
improvements for the assigned district
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 and Master's degree in Industrial Engineering or related
field• Experience in industrial engineering analysis and labor
management standards• Continuous improvement experience and
knowledge of CI methodologies required• Experience with the
distribution/warehouse/logistics industry preferred• Proficient in
RF Scanning and Warehouse Management Systems preferredKnowledge,
Skills and Abilities:• Ability to resolve problems in a timely
manner with little or no supervision• Able to work in a
multi-functional team environment• Excellent verbal and written
communication skills • Strong interpersonal skills required• Strong
analytical skills required• Strong time management skills required•
Must be self-motivated with high degree of initiative• Willingness
to travel 50-75%• Strong computer skills including MS Office;
MSD/MOST experience preferredPhysical Requirements:• 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• May require
travel by automobile and airplane up for business• Requires visits
and working at 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 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 Employer. EOE/AA M/F/D/V
DFW.
Keywords: Americold, Springdale , Industrial Engineer II, Engineering , Springdale, Arkansas
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