Field Application Specialist I

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. Acts as a change agent throughout the District in order to influence and steer management decisions to ensure alignment and optimization of engineering and operational plans . 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. Creates Network Alignment Plans. Determines Capacity Planning to ensure full use of facilities. Prepares Volume Projections for short term/future/long range. Oversees District Changes (spin offs, expansions, relocations). Forecasts labor and project manning needs for current/future. Evaluates Hub/Linehaul cut times to determine if they are meeting requirements. Produces monthly operational plans to determine required resources needed with special focus on Peak planning. Provides material handling project recommendations, including financial analysis, to justify facility expansions. Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Logistics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math required. An equivalency of four (4) additional years’ experience in the areas below + minimum required experience with a high school diploma/GED or unrelated Bachelor’s degree. The transportation industry in a relevant operations management role OR, Industrial Engineering experience in any field. 7+ years of industrial or relevant engineering/district staff/Engineering Specialist experience required OR, 2 years or more Sr Manager Level 2 experience Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications. Presentation skills necessary to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups and/or individuals. Time management and organizational skills necessary to manage multiple projects, appropriately prioritize workload, plan for resources to meet deadlines and goals, and respond to day-to-day functional needs. Ability to anticipate and identify problems and use sound judgment and fact-based analysis to develop effective and efficient solutions. Ability to travel up to 75%. Knowledge of concepts related to Material Handling, Computer Aided Design, and Business Object preferred. Ability to perform cost justification analysis. This

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is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job. The incumbent of this position is expected to perform all other duties as assigned, must be able to complete and achieve minimum thresholds on any mandatory testing and training, must be able to operate in an PC windows environment, have the ability to successfully complete all recurrence training and maintain annual accreditations where applicable and work varying shifts based on business needs. If the incumbent resides in the province of Quebec, you must be bilingual (French and English). Class 5,G, or 1[AZ]) and a driving record with two or fewer violations and/or accidents in the 24 months prior to the date of application. 2) their performance during application interviews; and 3) their performance on any driver competency assessments administered Employment Equity Statement At FedEx our value of Taking Care of Each Other is reflected in our commitment to being an inclusive employer, one that represents the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we serve. We encourage women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous persons, and people from culturally diverse and 2SLGBTQ+ communities to apply.