Operational Excellence Engineer II

What You'll Do

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.


* 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.


* Develop project scopes, specifications, and estimates as needed.


* Conduct audits and comparative site analyses to ensure compliance, identify performance gaps, and establish benchmarks for inventory control excellence.


* Assist with improving productivity and reducing costs.


* Create scheduling tools to capture work content.


* Own 5 Habits and labor management system performance improvements.

What Experience and Education You Need


* 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.


* Willingness to travel over-the-road to local sites 50 - 75%, with some air travel, as needed.

Depending on homebase location, most sites can be visited and return home within same-day.

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