Engineer, Industrial

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Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
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Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Productivity Engineer I is responsible for the development, implementation, documentation, and support of the engineered production standards as well as the development and implementation of best‑method practices in a high volume distribution and logistics operation. Additional responsibilities include maintaining the SQL based Production Recording and the Labor Management System, along with developing and executing queries used in engineering analysis. The Productivity Engineer I works directly with Operations Managers and Supervisors during the development and implementation of best methods, standard conditions and the engineered labor standards.

The Productivity Engineer I collaborates across the network to ensure methods and standards are consistent.

Base salary range for this role: $70,310 - $82,500, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location.

• Develop best methods, standard conditions and engineered labor standards for multi‑variable production operations.
• Identify and evaluate improvements in methods, procedures, and workflow that increase productivity and decrease operating cost.
• Coordinate the implementation of engineered methods, standards, and reporting systems—including conducting standards introduction meetings and analysis presentations with associates, supervisors, managers and directors.
• Maintain the configuration and assist in the development of the production reporting applications and related interfaces with timekeeping, warehouse management and labor productivity systems.
• Execute queries and reports for data collection used in engineering analysis. Maintain existing data‑collection applications along with other SQL and MS Access based applications used in conjunction with the standards program.
• Collect and summarize time study and work sampling data to support development of engineered labor standards.
• Maintain knowledge of production and incentive pay reporting applications. Assist with troubleshooting data entry, reporting, and data collection problems.
• Assist in developing processes and mechanisms for labor forecasting, staffing, modeling, incentive performance/bonus reporting and tracking and other reporting required to support management of engineering projects.
• Advise and assist management with labor analysis and economic justification studies. Assist operating management with implementation of changes to established methods.

• Technical Competence/Expertise
• Quality
• Adaptability
• Planning and Organizing
• Communication
• Analysis and Judgment

• B.S. degree in STEM with Industrial/Systems Engineering preferred; equivalent field or proven experience in engineering field accepted.
• Knowledge of SQL or MS Access databases.
• Strong mathematical and analytical capabilities.
• Experience in time study, work…