Job Title: Engineering Specialist
This is an interview position.
GENERAL SUMMARY
Job Profile Summary: Advises, plans, develops, and designs District engineering/operational plans to optimize efficiencies in business objectives. Leverages operational knowledge of various facilities, their specific engineering processes, and working knowledge of operational systems. Collaborates with Managers to monitor adherence to plans, determine root cause of deficiencies, develop and assist management in implementation of action and support compliance and training efforts that they identify in the District.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential Functions:
1. Acts as a change agent throughout the District to influence and steer management decisions, ensuring alignment and optimization of engineering and operational plans.
2. Identifies facility inefficiencies through root cause analysis by conducting facility visit observations and leveraging operational knowledge for solutions to deliver on-site assistance for improvements.
3. Advises and facilitates team knowledge and optimal application of dock operational systems (such as Vision, Sortation Systems – ISS & ISSC) and identifies and solves for corrective actions.
4. Creates Network Alignment Plans.
5. Determines Capacity Planning to ensure full use of facilities.
6. Prepares Volume Projections for short-term, future, and long-range planning.
7. Oversees District Changes (spin-offs, expansions, relocations).
8. Forecasts labor and project manning needs for current and future requirements.
9. Evaluates Hub/Linehaul cut times to determine if they meet requirements.
10. Develops Labor Standards to minimize labor hours as needed.
11. Produces monthly operational plans focusing on required resources, especially Peak planning.
12. Responsible for goal and budget setting (productivity, service, and cost) to turn cost inefficiencies into cost savings.
13. Provides material handling project recommendations, including financial analysis, to justify facility expansions.
14. Constructs contingency plans for potential abnormal events.
15. Acts as a subject-matter expert on all operational/system/technology processes and upgrades.
16. Identifies gaps in adherence to SQI metrics related to scanning, pickup, delivery, loss, and damage.
17. Trains management on operational processes and procedures.
18. Performs all other duties as assigned.
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math required, or an equivalency of four (4) additional years’ experience in relevant areas plus minimum required experience with a high school diploma/GED or unrelated Bachelor’s degree. Relevant experience includes roles in the transportation industry in operations management or Industrial Engineering in any field.
Minimum Experience
2 years of industrial or relevant engineering/district staff experience OR 2 years of Area, Sort, and/or P&D Manager experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Details not specified.
Additional Details
Note 1: Temporary assignment up to 12 months. Note 2: Position may be located at any FXE facility in Ontario. Note 3: Position may be filled between Engineering Specialist 1-5 based on experience. Job post 4/28/25, job unpost 5/13/25 at 3:00pm local time.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is general and not exhaustive. The incumbent is expected to perform all other duties as assigned, complete mandatory testing and training, operate in a PC Windows environment, and maintain certifications. Candidates in Quebec must be bilingual. Candidates requiring driving as a core competency must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record. Selection will consider current driver’s abstract, interview performance, and driver assessments.
Employment Equity Statement
FedEx values diversity and is committed to inclusive employment practices. We encourage applications from women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous persons, and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Accommodations are available upon request during the recruitment process.
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