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Job Description
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1081.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Logistics Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Logistics Engineers
- Systems Engineer
- Reliability Engineer
- Logistics Engineer
- Procurement Engineer
- Logistics System Engineer
- Logistics Research Engineer
- Logistics Planning Engineer
- Logistics Engineering Manager
- Integrated Logistics Operations Manager
- Cost Reduction Engineer
- Cost Estimating Engineer
- Continuous Improvement Specialist
Tasks for “Cost Engineer”
- Propose logistics solutions for customers.
- Provide logistical facility or capacity planning analyses for distribution or transportation functions.
- Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.
- Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
- Design plant distribution centers.
- Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
- Assess the environmental impact or energy efficiency of logistics activities, using carbon mitigation software.
- Direct the work of logistics analysts.
- Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems.
- Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
- Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
- Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
- Review global, national, or regional transportation or logistics reports for ways to improve efficiency or minimize the environmental impact of logistics activities.
- Develop or document procedures to minimize or mitigate carbon output resulting from the movement of materials or products.
- Develop or document reverse logistics management processes to ensure maximal efficiency of product recycling, reuse, or final disposal.
- Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
- Evaluate effectiveness of current or future logistical processes.
- Determine requirements for compliance with environmental certification standards.
- Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
- Provide logistics technology or information for effective and efficient support of product, equipment, or system manufacturing or service.
- Design comprehensive supply chains that minimize environmental impacts or costs.
- Conduct environmental audits for logistics activities, such as storage, distribution, or transportation.
- 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.
- Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems.
- Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- Create models or scenarios to predict the impact of changing circumstances, such as fuel costs, road pricing, energy taxes, or carbon emissions legislation.
- Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
- Determine feasibility of designing new facilities or modifying existing facilities, based on factors such as cost, available space, schedule, technical requirements, or ergonomics.
- Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Digital cameras
- Computer laser printers
- Multimedia projectors
- Multimedia projection equipment
- Desktop computers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- Minitab
- JDA Manugistics
- ITEM Software Spare Cost
- Logistics management information LMI database software
- LOGSA COMPASS
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Oracle Java
- i2 Transportation Modeler
- Reliass EAGLE
- IBM ILOG CPLEX/Dispatcher
- Microsoft Office
- Logistics Support Analysts SmartLogic
- LOGSA SYSPARS
- Microsoft Project
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Warehouse management system WMS
- C++
- Oracle Hyperion
- Microsoft Visio
- SAP
- IBM Cognos Impromptu
- SAP Business Objects
- Reliability centered maintenance RCM software
- ReliaSoft XFMEA
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Logistics Cost Estimating Tool
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Failure modes and effects analysis FMEA software
- Microsoft Word
- JMS Software RCM WorkSaver
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- ITEM Software ITEM ToolKit
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Excel
- Relex FMEA
- ReliaSoft RCM++
- Prolog
- Autodesk AutoCAD