Senior Solutions Design Engineer

Time Type:

Tertiary Qualification(s)
Degree with 5 years experience, operational and project management
experience in logistics

Computer Literacy Level
Advance Excel

Additional Computer Skills - Advantageous
Power Query and PowerBI
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office:
PowerPoint, Visio and Project

Job-related Requirements
5 year experience in operational and project management within the
logistics environment.
Own vehicle with driver’s license required.
Advanced Excel;
Detail oriented, high work rate, quality of work and time management to
meet deadlines.

Beneficial:
Experience in Warehouse Design and Costing/Pricing for RFQ’s and
existing clients
Data Cleaning & Analytics
Expert in AI

ADDED ADVANTAGES FOR THIS ROLE

• Highly adaptable to change

• Sound knowledge of engineering economics and fundamental accounting principles

• Experience in automation and mechanisation with warehouse environment.

• Customer service/ relations experience

• Project management skills and experience

• Innovative

• Team involvement

• Leadership ability

• Good people skills required

MAIN PURPOSE OF

THE ROLE
The Senior Solutions Design Engineer will be part of the Solution and Pricing department and will work closely with
business development and facility general managers to maintain and growth the DSV Contract Logistics business.
Business growth will be mainly through Request For Quotation (RFQ) and/or consultation with new and existing
customers. The requirement is also to support general managers to renew existing client at the end of their respective
agreements.
The individual must be comfortable working with Big Data and clean, analyse, interpret and report back on large data
sets. Have a good understanding of warehouse operations to calculate resource requirements and develop effective
warehouse layout designs. Be able to use the warehouse and resource design outputs to cost the operation for the
client. The costing entails liaising with key suppliers to obtain costs like racking, sprinklers, MHE and IT. equipment
MS Word and PowerPoint skills is required to package the final solutions and commercials for submission to the client.

The role is critical in the growth of the DSV Contract Logistics business units and requires attention to detail, time
management and good people skill with internal and external clients

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engineered Solutions:
Identify, analyse & develop value-adding solutions for current & prospective clients;

• Analysis and recommendations
o Data (analysis, comparison, sense checking, cleaning)
o Process (supporting business objectives, complete, relevant, error-proofed, measurable)
o Facilities (best practices, flow, flexibility, compliance)

• Costing Model – comprehensive understanding of the Solutions Costing Model
o All costing inputs to be signed off or supported by quotes,
o Effective use of programs like AutoCAD, MS Visio and Power BI, etc to ensured detailed and
accurate designs related input into the costing model.
o Good understanding of labour regulations (24hrs operations, shift allowance, shift patterns etc)
o Develop relationships with key suppliers (racking, packaging, sprinklers, MHE etc)
o Verify all productivities used in costings
o Conduct research to ensure productivities used are in line with industry standards

• Tools:
Application of the following tools and/or methodologies as appropriate and when required:
o Material flow mapping
o Warehouse and layout design
o Qualitative flow measurement
o Manning requirements calculations
o Material handling equipment selection
o Storage density calculations
o Productivity calculations
o Work sampling
o Value stream mapping
o Problem Solving

• Warehouse Management Systems – knowledge of key functions and features of systems used by DSV in
support of solutions development and implementations. Detailed understanding of cost implications and
correct allocation of related costs when completing costing models.

• Business cases/feasibility studies – develop as required depending on financial investment required and
risk profile. Tools and aspects to consider include ROI calculations, quantified value, opportunity for product
improvements and future growth/revenue potential

• New product…