Eastridge Workforce Solutions

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Eastridge Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce management solutions, committed to connecting skilled professionals with meaningful career opportunities. Eastridge is partnering with a third-party logistics (3PL) company in its search for a Warehouse Automation Solutions Lead Engineer. For immediate consideration, apply today.

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JOB SUMMARY

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This position supports the development of automation technology within company’s Continuous Improvement culture across all Business units/verticals by actively promoting and facilitating the use of warehouse automation to primarily support new business, but will also work to assist existing operations when demand requires. This role will drive change through focused analysis of automation value and process profile, in order to achieve higher levels of performance in safety, quality, performance, cost and growth each and every day through the use of warehouse automation and technology. This position supports all business verticals and reports to the Automation Director.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Support sales and RFP process by identifying potential automation technologies that provide value to the proposed solutions. Obtain costs of implementation of these solutions by engaging automation/technology vendors and developing costs of proposed solutions, along with identifying timing and risk impacts. This role will then help coordinate execution plan with vendor and cross-functional Solutions Team to implement automation when it is applied.

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• Develop advanced competency in wide range of engineering methods, Lean tools, and quality standards and coaches employees in the use and implementation of CI, Quality Assurance, & Lean principles. Apply company methodologies and tools and engineering methodologies/tools such as product slotting, labor standards (time studies), layouts and optimization of flow, data profiling and analysis, and resource modeling to improve distribution and/or transportation operations. Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against the site objectives. Make Inventory and/or Supply Chain strategy recommendations.

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• Work directly with internal operational, solution design, continuous improvement, information technology, product owners and cross-functional stakeholders to identify, select & deploy new warehouse automation technology in existing operations and in support of new business.

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• Drive the Discovery Process through quickly assessing warehouse automation technologies by understanding how these address business needs, deliver significant value and can be adopted by the business. Monitor industry, technology and business trends to identify opportunities, threats and benchmarks competitive products to identify sources of competitive advantage or areas of focus. This position will continually investigate new technology opportunities that become available in the market to ensure that is utilizing the highest value solutions offered.

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• Engages and helps manage the warehouse automation institutional partner relationships to identify new capabilities, support new business and drive ongoing efficiencies. Partner with the procurement organization to identify new automation partners and expand relationships with existing partners.

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• Provide formal and informal training, coaching, and mentoring to associates on available automation technologies that fit process profiles.

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ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Develops pilot activities and the hypothesis to be tested. Defines the proof of concept, formalizes the team, identifies a pilot location, obtains approvals, evaluates vendors and determines a pilot timeline. Deploys acceptable pilots to quickly evaluate business fit & operational feasibility. These results will help feed the solution design team to include proven technologies into new business proposals. Evaluate, pilot and deploy new warehouse automation technologies.

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• May supervise a small team (1-3) of automation engineering professionals, make employment decisions (hire, promote, coach, development) and performance management. Manages multiple and complex Supply Chain projects. Regularly interacts with Senior Management and/or customers.

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• Validation of new technology and automation will be supported by this role through Proof of Concept implementations. These POC implementations will be driven by the automation team, as they will also coordinate the value-justification of the project with Senior Management and the cross-functional team involved.

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• Performs other duties as assigned.

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QUALIFICATIONS

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EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field of study Required
• Master's degree Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field of study Preferred

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EXPERIENCE

• Ten (10) years or more in warehouse automation, material handling technologies, industrial engineering or warehouse systems integration. Required
• Two (2) years or more Demonstrated experience in warehouse automation Required
• Two (2) years or more Experience in warehouse automation that may would preferable include some of the following: sortation conveyor, goods-to-person, autonomous vehicles/robots, ASRS’s Required

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KNOWLEDGE

• Automation, Management Consulting, Physical & Process Robotic experience Intermediate Required
• Knowledge of Warehouse Management operations, data analytics, Industrial Engineering, warehouse types (ambient, temp control) and Lean methods Advanced Required
• Knowledge of all available material handling equipment and automation types such as: forklift applications, racking designs, packaging devices and automation design Intermediate Required
• Warehouse Design Tools ie; CAD, slotting, MOST, simulation, WMS, Labor Mgt. Network Design Tools (e.g., Llamasoft). Data Visualization Software (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) a plus Intermediate Required
• Industrial or Mechanical Engineering with warehouse operational knowledge Intermediate Required
• Experienced in financial business case analysis to help support targeted return on investment. M&A or past business transaction experience is a plus Intermediate Required

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Benefits

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• Medical, dental, visual
• 401K
• Legal plan
• Disability
• Life insurance
• Adoption assistance

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Eastridge Workforce Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Please note that Eastridge is unable to provide visa sponsorship to applicants.

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Certain clients require Eastridge to perform background checks and Eastridge will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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