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