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***Industrial Engineer***
***Onsite in Phoenix, AZ and Indianapolis, IN***
Job Description:
- You will be responsible for the network wide rollout and management of large strategic initiatives, such as implementing and optimizing warehouse automation, and implementing new technologies, especially RFID.
- We analyze processes to identify and eliminate waste and constraints in warehouse processes, especially warehouse receiving processes.
- Lead the overall productivity of our operations equipment by reducing equipment cycle time, the occurrence of quality and rework defects, and unplanned downtime.
- Research and leverage technologies to design and implement new warehouse processes and equipment that will enable our warehouses to support business growth.
- You have the opportunity to implement a network wide lean warehousing program, including methods such as 5S, value analysis, standard work, SMED, TPM, and material flow systems (pull systems, theory of constraints DBR, etc).
- Conduct the economic evaluation of ideas and technologies, and write the business cases to support the financial well-being of our company.
- Design and continuously evaluate the layouts of our warehouses to ensure the efficient flow of goods.
- Create and update the technical specifications that define our equipment and facility standards, and warehouse automation concepts. Write the documents necessary to procure equipment and technical services such as scope of work, performance requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Provide project management and leadership throughout the entire project life cycle, including discovery, planning, design, installation, launch, and operational support.
- With our Operations partners, we facilitate the creation and documentation of our operational network standards, technical operating procedures, and workstation designs.
- Lead workshops and teach others in the areas of advanced problem solving, lean methods, and process optimization.
- You will support the facility design and layouts for all of our warehouses
- You will be a steward of our Associate first culture through enabling our associates to maximize their performance with new and exciting operational enhancements such as lean methods, engineering labor standards, and collaborative automation.
Minimum Years Experience: 5 Years
Special Certifications/Skills:
- RFID technology
- Development of engineering labor standards using motion time methods such as MTM or MOST
- Experience with Receiving processes
- Project management
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