Logistics Engineers

Logistics Engineer 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.

• Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
• Evaluate effectiveness of current or future logistical processes.
• Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems.
• Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
• Conduct environmental audits for logistics activities, such as storage, distribution, or transportation.
• Propose logistics solutions for customers.

• Reading Comprehension
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  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Systems Analysis
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  Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation
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  Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Critical Thinking
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  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Listening
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  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Judgment and Decision Making
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  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Logistics Research Engineer
• Cost Reduction Engineer

Below is a list of the types of tools and technologies that Logistics Engineers may use on a daily basis:

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Power Point
• Microsoft Access
• SAP
• Microsoft Project
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Share Point
• IBM Notes
• Microsoft Visual Basic
• Minitab
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• SAP Business Objects
• Oracle Hyperion
• Warehouse management system WMS
• Prolog