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.
•    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.
•    Keep abreast of the latest technology in warehousing and evaluate for innovative applications.
•    Develop project scopes, specifications and estimates 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.
•    Other duties as requested.

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 interpersonal skills required.
•    Strong analytical skills required.
•    Strong computer skills including MS Office.
•    Strong time management skills required.
•    Strong change management skills.
•    Ability to read and utilize financial data. 
•    High travel position, up to 75%

What Could Set You Apart:

•    Experience with the distribution/warehouse/logistics industry preferred.
•    Automation experience preferred.
•    Ability to resolve problems in a timely manner with little or no supervision.
•    Able to work in a multi-functional team environment.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•    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 electronic tools.

The Company’s good-faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for this position is $94,5000- $118,000 annually. Rate may vary based on work location.