Industrial Engineering Manager

About the role

The Industrial Engineer Manager supports the implementation of automated material handling equipment into DHL Supply Chain distribution centers. Typical equipment includes conveyor, carton/tote sortation, unit picking, unit sortation, and case shuttle storage systems. The automation engineering team supports operations teams at more automated distribution sites across multiple project phases: design, implementation, testing, go-live, and post go-live.

Responsibilities

• Provides equipment layout and function expert advice to design and operations teams
• Calculates equipment rates and targeted performance
• Supports equipment punch listing and rate testing
• Supports warehouse control/execution system software design and test
• Supports and educates the operations team on how to use the new equipment
• Performs data analysis of equipment rates and errors
• Supports the operations team to implement equipment maintenance agreements
• Develops productivity estimates for processes that interface with material handling equipment

Key Skills

• Prior experience implementing automated unit/case handling equipment
• PLC equipment control
• CAD for equipment layout
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Project management
• Warehouse control systems (WCS)
• Warehouse management systems (WMS)
• Barcoding
• Data analysis using Excel, Access, SQL, Power BI
• MOST/MTM labor modeling
• Great organizational skills
• Experience with new distribution center start-ups

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or 4 years equivalent work experience, required
• 3+ years experience in Engineering, required
• 1+ years experience in distribution, logistics, project management, required

Qualifications

• Embraces change and challenges as opportunities for growth
• Can read a JDA flowchart and understand how productivity rates are calculated
• Proficient in using AutoCAD and making layout changes, adding layers as needed
• Mastered slotting and pick path knowledge to layout and active pick area
• Fully understands layout needs based on equipment being used (i.e. aisle widths and MHE used)
• Proficient at optimizing and automated layouts
• Effectively project manage a large-scale project
• Comfortable communicating projects and their impacts to the customer
• Proficient in presenting and the ability to hold teams accountable to actions
• Knowledge of site KPI's and frequently reviews KPI's to identify areas of opportunity
• Proficient in CI and identifying waste within an operation
• Actively seeks out challenges
• Capable of identifying, analyzing, and solutioning a problem
• Up to date on industry or external factors to generate new and innovative ideas
• Leads with vulnerability and readily admits mistakes but demonstrates resilience
• Inspire others to be positive and take on tough situations
• Takes initiative and is proactive in completing tasks
• Manages time effectively and consistently meets deadlines
• Displays confidence in decision-making and can make informed, strategic choices
• Advances continuous improvement efforts
• Identifies areas of opportunity within an operations and leads implementation efforts

Pay

The Industrial Engineer Manager role has a national salary range of $85,000–$150,000.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Prescription
• Discounted Stock Purchase
• General Bonus Plan
• Generous PTO policy