Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Employbridge is the United States’ largest light industrial staffing company and a broad workforce solutions provider. The Staffing Solutions Engineer will serve as the technical lead for designing, pricing, implementing, and continuously improving performance-based labor solutions across client operations. The role combines industrial engineering, operational optimization, financial modeling, and client consultation, with 50% travel expected.
Responsibilities
- Construct CPU and SOW pricing models for industries including but not limited to E-commerce, Distribution, Manufacturing, Kitting, and Assembly operations, using client production data, on-site observations and time studies, as well as industry experience and best practices
- Conduct on-site time studies and work sampling to set baselines
- Build financial models that balance labor costs, overhead, risk, and improvement opportunity
- Draft Technical Solution Documents (TSDs) for sales proposals
- Lead diagnostic client site walks to assess operational maturity, risk, and potential improvement opportunity
- Align engineered labor standards with commercial profitability targets
- Present technical solution proposals to internal stakeholders and client executives, in partnership with Operations and Sales resources
- Lead the transition from hourly billing to output-based models
- Design facility layouts and optimized workflows for new projects
- Standardize Operating Procedures (SOPs) for site leadership
- Implement visual management tools and KPI tracking dashboards
- Direct the "Go-Live" phase for new CPU contracts across client sites
- Establish robust governance models for tracking real-time production vs. plan
- Mentor colleague site managers on output-based operational rigor and best practices to achieve business objectives
- Audit existing CPU/SOW accounts to identify margin erosion
- Apply Lean Six Sigma tools to eliminate process waste
- As needed, re-engineer workflows to offset rising labor or supply costs
- Identify and remediate underperforming accounts through deep-dive data forensics
- Drive standardized Lean initiatives across client sites
- Leverage advanced simulation or modeling to predict the impact of volume surges
- Lead cross-functional teams in high-impact Kaizen events to protect margins, and improve throughput and quality
Skills
- Help build a new outsourcing capability by designing, pricing, and launching performance-based labor solutions
- Serve as the technical lead for complex Cost per Unit and Statement of Work labor solutions, from the initial high-stakes pricing and solution design to large-scale implementation and multi-site continuous improvement across a diverse client portfolio
- A consultative engineer with a boots on the ground approach that can walk a production floor, identify the bottleneck in an operation, and translate that into a profitable, scalable solution design
- Bridge the gap between engineering efficiency and labor profitability ensuring that production targets are met while maintaining healthy margins
- Construct CPU and SOW pricing models for industries including but not limited to E-commerce, Distribution, Manufacturing, Kitting, and Assembly operations, using client production data, on-site observations and time studies, as well as industry experience and best practices
- Conduct on-site time studies and work sampling to set baselines
- Build financial models that balance labor costs, overhead, risk, and improvement opportunity
- Draft Technical Solution Documents (TSDs) for sales proposals
- Lead diagnostic client site walks to assess operational maturity, risk, and potential improvement opportunity
- Align engineered labor standards with commercial profitability targets
- Present technical solution proposals to internal stakeholders and client executives, in partnership with Operations and Sales resources
- Lead the transition from hourly billing to output-based models
- Design facility layouts and optimized workflows for new projects
- Standardize Operating Procedures (SOPs) for site leadership
- Implement visual management tools and KPI tracking dashboards
- Direct the Go-Live phase for new CPU contracts across client sites
- Establish robust governance models for tracking real-time production vs. plan
- Mentor colleague site managers on output-based operational rigor and best practices to achieve business objectives
- Audit existing CPU/SOW accounts to identify margin erosion
- Apply Lean Six Sigma tools to eliminate process waste
- As needed, re-engineer workflows to offset rising labor or supply costs
- Identify and remediate underperforming accounts through deep-dive data forensics
- Drive standardized Lean initiatives across client sites
- Leverage advanced simulation or modeling to predict the impact of volume surges
- Lead cross-functional teams in high-impact Kaizen events to protect margins, and improve throughput and quality
- 50% travel time expected for the position
- Must have a valid drivers' license with a driving record indicating a safe driving history acceptable to the company and at all times remain eligible to drive a motor vehicle under applicable laws and regulations
- 7+ years of IE experience, specifically within third-party logistics (3PL), distribution centers, manufacturing, order fulfillment or managed workforce solutions
- BS in Industrial Engineering (MS or MBA preferred); Lean Six Sigma, Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PM), Toyota Production System (TPS)
- Track record of documented ROI through CI initiatives
- Strong understanding and implementation of Lean 5s and Six Sigma methodologies
- Expert-level MS Excel (VBA/Macros preferred)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and data visualization (Tableau/Power BI)
- Expert-level of MOST, MTM, or other predetermined motion time systems
- High degree of margin accuracy
- Ability to explain complex engineering data and processes to non-technical internal stakeholders and clients
- Advanced proficiency in Predetermined Motion Time Systems (PMTS) and labor management software
Benefits
- 100% Remote + 50% Travel
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision benefits starting on the first of the month following hire date
- 8 Paid Holidays per year
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k)
- Wellness Program
- Parental Leave
- Monthly bonus potential
- Prescription drug benefits
- Incentive programs
- A variety of career paths and promotion from within
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