OPEX - Industrial Engineering II (North Carolina & Virginia)

What you'll Do • Leverage dashboards to monitor site level labor, inventory, and service performance, identify issues, and drive corrective actions across all assigned sites.

• Validate and maintain time-studied standards.

• Calculate and implement performance incentives.

• Ensure Work Force Management is accurate and utilized on-site.

• Coach and train operations teams on labor management, inventory control, process improvement tools, and the associated systems.

This includes in-person and remote support.

• Evaluate material handling equipment requirements as needed.

• Drive productivity, cost, and process improvements to reduce cost and enhance customer service.

• Create scheduling tools which accurately reflect work content of a site.

• Build and manage a best practice and SOP library and reporting tools.

• Lead and support various continuous improvement projects.

• Drive the Americold Operating System's labor, inventory, and other improvement initiatives.

• Create pricing models for new or changing businesses utilizing engineered standards.

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

What Experience and Education You Need

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Engineering or equivalent degree such as Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Logistics is required.

• 6+ years of work experience in Industrial Engineering or equivalent.

• Continuous Improvement and PMO skill required.

• Proficiency with RF Scanning and Warehouse Management Systems required.

• Experienced at providing Engineering support to multiple sites.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Exposure to leading multisite engineering projects.

• Strong change management skills.

• Ability to read and utilize financial data.

• High travel position, up to 75%

What Could Set You Apart • Master's Degree OR Experience with the distribution/warehouse/logistics industry preferred.

• Automation experience preferred.

• Food Distribution Experience preferred • Able to work in a multi-functional team environment.

• Must be self-motivated with a high degree of initiative.

• MSD/MOST experience preferred.

Physical 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.

• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work.

• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks.

• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business.

• May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing.

• May require carrying loads related to travel and the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

• Requires the use of various electron...