Engineering Specialist II
Description
This is an interview position.
GENERAL SUMMARY
Job Profile Summary
Advises, plans, develops, and designs District engineering/operational plans to optimize efficiencies in business objectives. Leverages operational knowledge of various facilities, their specific engineering processes, and working knowledge of operational systems. Collaborates with Managers to monitor adherence to plans, determine root cause of deficiencies, develop and assist management in implementation of action and support compliance and training efforts that they identify in the District.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential Functions
Acts as a change agent throughout the District in order to influence and steer management decisions to ensure alignment and optimization of engineering and operational plans
Identifies facility inefficiencies through root cause analysis by conducting facility visit observations and leveraging operational knowledge for solutions to deliver on-site assistance for improvements
Advises and facilitates team knowledge and optimal application of dock operational systems (such as Vision, Sortation Systems – ISS & ISSC) and identifies and solves for corrective actions
Creates Network Alignment Plans
Determines Capacity Planning to ensure full use of facilities
Prepares Volume Projections for short term/future/long range
Oversees District Changes (spin offs, expansions, relocations)
Forecasts labor and project manning needs for current/future
Evaluates Hub/Linehaul cut times to determine if they are meeting requirements
Develops Labor Standards to minimize labor hours as needed
Produces monthly operational plans to determine required resources needed with special focus on Peak planning
Responsible for goal/budget setting (productivity, service and cost) to turn cost inefficiencies into cost savings
Provides material handling project recommendations, including financial analysis, to justify facility expansions
Constructs contingency plans for potential abnormal events
Acts as a subject-matter expert on all operational/system/technology processes and upgrades
Identifies possible gaps in adherence to SQI metrics as it pertains to scanning, pickup, delivery, loss, and damage
Trains management on operational processes and procedures
Performs all other duties as assigned
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math required. OR
An equivalency of four (4) additional years’ experience in the areas below + minimum required experience with a high school diploma/GED or unrelated Bachelor’s degree. Experience in the following areas include: - The transportation industry in a relevant operations management role OR - Industrial Engineering experience in any field.
Minimum Experience
2 years of industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience required OR
2 years Area, Sort, and/or P&D Manager experience required
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential Functions
Acts as a change agent throughout the District in order to influence and steer management decisions to ensure alignment and optimization of engineering and operational plans
Identifies facility inefficiencies through root cause analysis by conducting facility visit observations and leveraging operational knowledge for solutions to deliver on-site assistance for improvements
Advises and facilitates team knowledge and optimal application of dock operational systems (such as Vision, Sortation Systems – ISS & ISSC) and identifies and solves for corrective actions
Creates Network Alignment Plans
Determines Capacity Planning to ensure full use of facilities
Prepares Volume Projections for short term/future/long range
Oversees District Changes (spin offs, expansions, relocations)
Forecasts labor and project manning needs for current/future
Evaluates Hub/Linehaul cut times to determine if they are meeting requirements
Develops Labor Standards to minimize labor hours as needed
Produces monthly operational plans to determine required resources needed with special focus on Peak planning
Responsible for goal/budget setting (productivity, service and cost) to turn cost inefficiencies into cost savings
Provides material handling project recommendations, including financial analysis, to justify facility expansions
Constructs contingency plans for potential abnormal events
Acts as a subject-matter expert on all operational/system/technology processes and upgrades
Identifies possible gaps in adherence to SQI metrics as it pertains to scanning, pickup, delivery, loss, and damage
Trains management on operational processes and procedures
Performs all other duties as assigned
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math required. OR
An equivalency of four (4) additional years’ experience in the areas below + minimum required experience with a high school diploma/GED or unrelated Bachelor’s degree. Experience in the following areas include: - The transportation industry in a relevant operations management role OR - Industrial Engineering experience in any field.
Minimum Experience
2 years of industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience required OR
2 years Area, Sort, and/or P&D Manager experience required
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay Transparency:
Pay:
Additional Details: Note 1: Temporary assignment up to 12 months. Note2: Position may be located at any FXE facility in Ontario. Note3: Position may be filled between Engineering Specialist 1-5 based on experience. Job post 4/28/25, job unpost 5/5/25 at 3:00pm local time.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job. The incumbent of this position is expected to perform all other duties as assigned, must be able to complete and achieve minimum thresholds on any mandatory testing and training, must be able to operate in an PC windows environment, have the ability to successfully complete all recurrence training and maintain annual accreditations where applicable and work varying shifts based on business needs. If the incumbent resides in the province of Quebec, you must be bilingual (French and English). In addition to the usual factors used in the selection process, all candidates for positions that require driving as a core competency require a valid driver's license (e.g. Class 5,G, or 1[AZ]) and a driving record with two or fewer violations and/or accidents in the 24 months prior to the date of application. Further, candidates will be assessed through careful consideration of: 1) their current driver's abstract; 2) their performance during application interviews; and 3) their performance on any driver competency assessments administered.
Employment Equity Statement
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