Operations Excellence Engineer II

About the role

Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World. For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and project support to Americold facilities.
• Drive labor productivity and inventory control improvements through engineered labor standards, performance-based incentive roll-out, ideate and support the execution and sustainment of continuous improvement initiatives.
• 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.
• Create scheduling tools to capture work content.
• Own 5 Habits and labor management system performance improvements.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• Strong computer skills including SQL, Power BI, MS Office and MSD/MOST experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel 50 – 75%.

Skills

• Problem-solving techniques.
• Business planning and analytical skills.
• Data-driven decision-making.
• Project management.
• Continuous improvement methodologies.
• Warehouse operations.
• RF Scanning and Warehouse Management Systems.
• Semi and fully automated material handling systems.

Benefits

At Americold, we believe in taking care of our people. We offer benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and future. Our associates know what’s in it for them – opportunity, purpose and a values-driven culture. When you join Americold, you become part of a mission to help our customers feed the world. U.S. Only: Americold offers a range of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance, STD/LTD coverage, 401(k) with Company match, FSA, life insurance, EAP, and paid time off, some of which may vary depending on the particular position and whether it is covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

Pay

Pay varies based on experience and location. Please visit our careers page for more details.

Schedule

Hours vary based on facility needs and can include evening and weekend work. Please visit our careers page for more details.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Americold, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants. We do not discriminate against associates or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.