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