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