Primary Responsibility: Lead design concepting for new and existing facilities to include layouts, bidding, material handling and automation. develop documentation to enable supplier selection and score carding. Scope facility design options ( Apparel distribution Engineering - process mapping, racking, conveyor, automation) to match new or changing business requirements. Provide capital budgetary estimates. Support sales and business development efforts including attending presentations to explain solutions.
Essential Functions:
- Develop preliminary solution concepts and design
•Create process flow diagrams for material flow throughout the warehouse
- Develop racking designs for storage requirements for various category and product type
- Define when conventional racking or automated robotic/ASRS solutions are the right application; design concept layouts that can be issued to suppliers
- Develop automation equipment calculations, volume flow chart, Power Point slides, videos and other materials to defend and showcase a design
- Match business requirements (pallet height, SKU velocity, pick face count) to design solutions
- Direct in-house ACAD efforts to layout facility and provide drawing solutions and/or modifications clearly, in executive-type presentations
- Work with regional general managers and facility management to develop layouts, cost estimates and implementation schedules
•Review and implement efficiency improvements
•Review and suggest efficiency improvements for material logistics
- Assist in supplier selection phase in developing detailed RFPs for obtaining competitive bids; analyze bids to determine successful providers; provide recommendations through qualitative and quantitative comparisons
- Work with various general contractors in developing solutions for lighting, fire protection, refrigeration and general construction
•Assist business development solutions group with cost justifications for proposed projects
- Support cross-functional teams in solutions development and project qualification (engineering, sales, finance, legal, field maintenance, operations) ...
- Lead detailed design engineering and define scope and capabilities of WCS, as it integrates with WMS
Qualifications & Experience :
•10-15 years experience designing, maintaining, or implementing systems or equipment in a warehouse/distribution environment
- Experience with industrial Apparel distribution engineering preferred Knowledge & Employment Standards:
- Good verbal and written communication and strong analytical skills
- Solid decision-making and project management skills
- The ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
- Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level
- Ability to excel in team working environment
- Strong customer orientation and presentation
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Work setting:
Education:
Experience:
- Distrbution Center Design: 7 years (Preferred)
- Industrial automation: 7 years (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: Remote