Lead Engineer, Solutions Engineering

Solutions driven success.

XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO Logistics, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you're looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.

As the Lead Engineer of Solutions Engineering, you'll use engineering and consulting skills to deliver proposal management, project delivery and engineering/consulting process management. You will find opportunities through rigorous data collection and analysis, crafting marketable solutions for our operations and identifying, proposing, and delivering key initiatives that improve XPO's Less-than-truckload operations (LTL). On our team, you'll have the support to excel at work, and the resources to build a growing career you can be proud of.

Pay, benefits and more.

We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability and more.

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Handle projects to completion and ensure savings commitments are met
• Develop and standardize a beneficial approach to LTL operations challenges, employing research, innovation, and prior experience
• Perform research, data mining and simulations to identify and scope opportunities within the LTL network
• Define LTL requirements and solutions approach while ensuring the gathering of accurate information and performing detailed solution design
• Identify gaps in existing LTL network data availability; develop measurement plan, execute collection activities, and ensure data integrity
• Identify, select, and deploy use of optimization/decision support tools to perform LTL operations studies, packaging and material flow analyses, routing optimization and transportation rate analyses
• Build and integrate operations cost models to quantify total cost of ownership opportunities and subsequent savings
• Instruct team in Lean methodologies; deliver verifiable productivity via Lean methodology

What you need to succeed at XPO:

At a minimum, you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work or military experience
• 4 years of experience in key functional areas: supply chain management, logistics, decision support systems/technology, transportation management, distribution or procurement functional responsibilities
• Experience data mining and generating simulations in Microsoft BI, Access and Excel to identify and scope opportunities within the customer's supply chain
• Lean manufacturing experience

It'd be great if you also have:

• Master's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or Industrial Engineering
• Strong project management skills
• Aptitude for understanding and solving problems in logistics finance management processes
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art technology and supply chain standard methodologies
• Lean six sigma experience
• Experience collecting and analyzing data for modeling, network optimization and/or transportation redesign purposes

Be part of something big.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.

The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification.

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