Logistics Engineer

Job Description

● Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units. ● Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses. ● Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities. ● Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements. ● Evaluate the effectiveness of current or future logistical processes. ● Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities. ● Provide logistics technology or information for effective and efficient support of product, equipment, or system manufacturing or service. ● Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models. ● Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing. ● Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans. ● Direct the work of logistics analysts. ● Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency. ● Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems. ● Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes. ● Determine requirements for compliance with environmental certification standards. ● Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues, such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout. ● Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems. ● Create models or scenarios to predict the impact of changing circumstances, such as fuel costs, road pricing, energy taxes, or carbon emissions legislation. ● Provide logistical facility or capacity planning analyses for distribution or transportation functions. ● Design plant distribution centers. ● Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities. ● Design comprehensive supply chains that minimize environmental impacts or costs. ● Determine the feasibility of designing new facilities or modifying existing facilities, based on factors such as cost, available space, schedule, technical requirements, or ergonomics. ● Review global, national, or regional transportation or logistics reports for ways to improve efficiency or minimize the environmental impact of logistics activities. ● Evaluate the use of technologies, such as global positioning systems (GPS), radio-frequency identification (RFID), route navigation software, or satellite linkup systems, to improve transportation efficiency. ● Develop or document reverse logistics management processes to ensure maximal efficiency of product recycling, reuse, or final disposal. ● Conduct environmental audits for logistics activities, such as storage, distribution, or transportation.