What you’ll need to succeed as a Engineer, Solutions Engineering at XPO
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a related field, or equivalent related work or military experience
- 1 year of experience in one or more key functional areas: supply chain management, logistics, decision support systems/technology, transportation management and distribution or procurement functional responsibilities
- Excellent computer skills, including analysis, and spreadsheet and database proficiency (Excel, etc.)
- Transportation and network modeling experience
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain or Industrial Engineering
- Able to deal with complex, urgent situations
- Knowledge of state-of-the-art technology and supply chain standard methodologies
- Experience in service center operations or LTL freight experience
- Analytical skills with a track record of proactively identifying potential issues and formulating solutions and contingency plans
- Self-motivated work style
- Results-driven focus with the ability to analyze, prioritize and act in accordance with ethics and values to achieve desired results
About the Engineer, Solutions Engineering job
Pay, benefits and more:
- Competitive compensation package
- Full health insurance benefits available on day one
- Life and disability insurance
- Earn up to 15 days of PTO over your first year
- 9 paid company holidays
- 401(k) option with company match
- Education assistance
- Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan
As a Solutions Engineer, you will drive improvements to labor planning tools and processes through rigorous data collection and analysis, crafting marketable solutions for our operations team and identifying, proposing, and delivering key initiatives that improve XPO’s Less-than-truckload operations (LTL). On our team, you’ll have the support to excel at work, and the resources to build a career you can be proud of.
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Collaborate across functions to design, develop, and pilot tools and programs aimed at labor planning optimization. This could include staffing, overall dock and P&D performance and efficiency, reducing cost/CWT, and improving on-time service, quality, load average and overall safety
- Handle projects to completion and ensure savings commitments are met
- Develop and standardize a beneficial approach to LTL operations challenges, employing research, innovation and prior experience
- Perform research, data mining and simulations to identify and scope opportunities within the LTL network
- Serve as an active trainer and change agent in support of labor management initiatives
About XPO
XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you’re looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.
All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.
The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification.
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