Industrial Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains engineered labor standards that are used to schedule, pay, and/or evaluate the performance of Publix associates and suppliers
• Provides analytical decision support to assigned business areas through the use of core industrial engineering skills, mathematical tools, modeling and computational methods for system analysis, evaluation, and optimization
• Provides business guidance and industrial engineering expertise to VP, Sr. Director, Director, Sr. Manager, and Department Managers
• Identifies process improvements for supported business areas
• Directs, plans and coordinates the day to day activities of up to one IE Support Specialist & up to one Student IE

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience
• At least one (1) year as an industrial engineer (including internships) or at least two (2) years providing analytical or technical support with a demonstrated ability to perform exceptional process improvement work

Qualifications

• Knowledge of statistics
• Knowledge of ergonomics
• Knowledge of process flow analysis methods
• Knowledge of linear systems and operations research and resource allocation methods
• Knowledge of facilities design methods
• Knowledge of science and scientific method
• Interpersonal and presentation skills
• Knowledge of forecasting, replenishment, inventory management, production scheduling, and line balancing principles
• Knowledge of writing techniques
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
• Project management and process improvement skills
• Ability to work independently, be a self-starter and multi-task
• Troubleshooting skills
• Economic analysis and research skills
• Ability to analyze and design processes
• To maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive information and matters
• To act in a professional manner
• Strong conflict resolution skills
• Ability to quickly learn new, complex ideas or concepts
• To visualize a situation
• Strong facilitation skills
• Strong decision making skills
• Ability to train users
• To quickly assess new technologies and data sources
• Strong negotiation skills
• High degree of self-motivation, commitment and integrity
• Willingness to work a variable schedule including nights, holidays and weekends to meet operational business needs
• Willingness to occasionally travel via pool car, commercial airline, or company plane with overnight stays

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, MBA, or related discipline
• Three (3) or more years as an industrial engineer or closely related profession and two (2) or more years of Publix experience at the warehouse, corporate or manufacturing support level with project leadership experience
• Certified Six Sigma Greenbelt or higher
• Certification by the Association for Operations Management (APICS), or Institute of Supply Management or American Society for Transportation and Logistics
• Knowledge of the Publix Manufacturing and Distribution strategy and supply chain to support the execution of the strategy
• Knowledge of the master data that drives the forecasting, planning, production scheduling, shipping functionality, inventory management, and warehousing
• Knowledge of Publix operational processes
• Knowledge of Distribution’s storage and inventory guidelines
• Knowledge of Publix department structure
• Knowledge of Publix’s accounting principles and tools
• Knowledge of the Publix Quality Decision Process (QDP) steps and contacts

Pay

Year End Bonus: As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month’s extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.