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