Logistics Engineers

What the job really is

Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.

At a glance

• Sector: Business & Financial
• O*NET-SOC code: 13-1081
• O*NET job zone: 4 — considerable preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
• Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
• Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
• Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
• Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
• Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
• Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
• Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues, such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
• Design plant distribution centers.
• Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
• Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
• Propose logistics solutions for customers.

Tools and technology

Autodesk AutoCAD, C++, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visio

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Operations Research Analysts
• Logistics Analysts
• Industrial Engineers
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
• Logisticians
• Supply Chain Managers
• Manufacturing Engineers
• Project Management Specialists

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 4 (considerable preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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