Report to the Director of Engineering, you, as the Engineering Project Leader - Transportation and Warehouse (T&W) will provide Engineering support in the Transportation and Warehouse space. You'll develop and lead capital projects at distribution centers and manufacturing plant warehouses. You'll also develop and execute a warehouse Material Handling Equipment (MHE) strategy to maximize asset effectiveness while keeping capital spend and R&M costs within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Understand business drivers and be able understand the impact of capital investment on corporate strategies
• Manually gather data from enterprise systems and distill data into insights
• Based on insights, develop alternative solutions to eliminate process inefficiencies and execute capital projects for warehouse function
• Work in collaboration with the manager to develop capital plans and manage the capital spend on assigned projects
• Manage capital projects to meet budget, timeline and performance metrics
• Oversee contactors to ensure projects are implemented safely
• Develop relationships to guide accountability and value with strategic suppliers, on-site operations teams, and finance teams.

Subject Matter Expert Material Handling Equipment

• Develop and drive fleet strategies to optimize asset effectiveness and useful life while reducing maintenance costs
• Manage fleet of roughly 2500 pieces of rolling stock across our network
• Evaluate the latest fork truck, battery, and charging technologies and understand their application in our network
• Evaluate emerging material handling technologies and how to use material handling automation to reduce reliance on manual labor such as: AGVs, AMRs, AS/RS, conveyor systems, etc.
• Evaluate various material handling equipment - lease verses buy
• Develop warehouse equipment specifications to support state-of-the-art warehousing concepts and procedures
• Conduct fleet utilization studies and right-size fleets as necessary.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management
• Minimum 5 years previous IE or logistics/distribution engineering experience
• Experience with warehouse equipment maintenance (MHE, dock equipment, etc.)
• Experience with warehouse material handling processes and operating practices and budgets
• Experience with project development in warehouse infrastructure or warehouse cost reduction
• Financial acumen and experience developing project cost justifications
• Experience making presentations and communicate findings to senior level management.
• Experience driving programs and influence without direct reporting relationships
• Experience in inventory management, warehouse operations or other supply chain related function that interfaces engineering with distribution operations.
• Experience in Project Management of projects up to $2MM
• Excel - Intermediate level / MS Project
• Visio or other Flow-Charting Experience
• Experience of distribution operations and overall supply chain management.
• We ask that you travel up to 50%

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Compensation:

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity.Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.