Engineer, Industrial

Ross Stores, Inc. is a leading off-price retail chain with a commitment to diversity and community. The Productivity Engineer I is responsible for developing and implementing engineered production standards and best-method practices in a high-volume distribution and logistics operation, collaborating with management to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develops best methods, standard conditions and engineered labor standards for multi-variable production operations
• Identifies and evaluates improvements in methods, procedures, and workflow that increase productivity, and decrease operating cost
• Coordinates the implementation of engineered methods, standards, and reporting systems - including conducting standards introduction meetings and analysis presentations with associates, supervisors, managers and directors
• Maintains the configuration and assists in the development of the production reporting applications and related interfaces with timekeeping, warehouse management and labor productivity systems
• Executes queries and reports for the collection of data used in engineering analysis
• Maintains the existing data collection applications along with other SQL and MS Access based applications used in conjunction with the standards program
• Collects and summarizes time study and work sampling data to support development of engineered labor standards
• Maintains knowledge of production and incentive pay reporting applications
• Assists with trouble-shooting data entry, reporting, and data collection problems
• Assists in the development of processes and mechanisms for labor forecasting, staffing, modeling, incentive performance/bonus reporting and tracking and other reporting as required to support management of engineering projects
• Advises and assists management with labor analysis and economic justification studies
• Assists operating management with implementation of changes to established methods

Skills

• B.S. degree in STEM with Industrial/Systems Engineering preferred equivalent field or proven experience in engineering field
• Knowledge of SQL or MS Access databases
• Strong Mathematical and analytical capabilities
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with non-exempt associates, operational supervisors, and upper level management
• The ability to think in terms of process flow and identify operational component operations and interrelationships
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and technical writing skills
• Experience in using PCs in a professional setting - developing and using standard applications such as spreadsheets, and word processors as typical tools to execute
• Consistent timeliness and regular attendance
• Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer
• The job also requires sitting, standing, walking, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc
• Up to 50% travel. Will require frequent driving and/or traveling overnight for business functions or site visits
• Time study, work measurement, and warehouse floor data collection experience
• Operations knowledge of distribution and related processes
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish

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