Warehouse Senior Solutions Design Engineer (remote
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 19117, USA
Listed on 2026-08-09
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Engineering
Systems Engineer
Job Description:
Summary Solutions Design Engineer II are responsible to support the growth of our Supply Chain Solutions & Dedicated Transportation Solution offerings by developing, designing and winning new business through:
Designing solutions that deliver financial value to our Customers Demonstrating an understanding of our Customer's business Providing feasible designs that are aligned with our Customer's needs Helping the pursuit team with shaping wins plans consistent with our solution design Providing sustainable designs that are aligned with Ryder's operational & technical capabilities Writing and delivering a compelling proposal that influences the customer decision to select Ryder Support awarded business throughout the startup process, successfully transitioning design and proposal assumptions to Operations and SCE CI resources through the Customer Due Diligence process Solutions Design Engineer II will support a pursuit from start to finish and will be an active team member throughout the various stages of the pursuit all the way through successful transition during startup.
activities include:
- Specialize in a single design discipline
- Use advance analytical techniques and concepts to understand the business
- Execute design processes to create, re-design, or optimize logistics networks
- Think and act independently and creatively
- Effectively communicate the design and solution to internal stake holders & the client
- Essential Functions Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions.
- Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems.
- Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions.
- Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems.
- Coordinate with Pricing and other functions to develop cost and pricing models as well as relevant assumptions
- Data validation, cleansing, profiling, baseline development & defining scenarios to model
- Develop optimizations scenarios and strategies that are aligned with objectives
- Support the bid submission process by reviewing RFP documents, understand objectives, develop questions to clarify gaps and develop initial hypothesis specific to a specific solution design that solves our customer's needs & delivers unique value
- Meet frequently with customers and cross-functional bid response team.
- Support technical review presentations and design validation meetings
- Implementation follow-up, which requires engineer to validate and modify deployed process to ensure that it matches plan
- Develop and improve engineering tools and methodologies to ensure industry best practices
- Support consulting projects that involve understanding customers’ pain-points developing and presenting solutions
Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills and AbilitiesSuperb data organization and cleansing skills Exhibit advanced skills and concepts using design applications, tools, techniques, and methodologies to analyze and design complex transportation and warehousing networks Familiarity in simulation tools, transportation & warehouse management systems, ERPs, Automation, MHE, Visibility Tools, and industry leading technologies (preferred) Ability to influence the project teams by using facts, statistics, and analytics Comprehend complex supply chain and transportation solutions and segment design processes into manageable elements and process steps Good verbal, written and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex designs, concepts, and regulations into terms readily understood Learning to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors) Expert Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint expert required Knowledgeable of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming intermediate preferred Knowledge of effective metrics programs and design networks that are sustainable and measurable advanced required Transportation Design:
Extensive knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks. Required knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment. Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie;
Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie;
Tableau expert required Warehouse Design:
Extensive knowledge of Warehouse Management operations, data analytics, Industrial Engineering, warehouse types (ambient, temp control, warehouse layout/ design and Lean methods. Required knowledge of material handling solutions and automation types such as: powered industrial truck (PIT)…
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