Senior Industrial Engineer

  • UPS
  • Minnesota
  • Full Time

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Job Description:

The Senior Industrial Engineer serves as a lead role within the Distribution and Logistics Engineering group, supporting customer implementations, large-scale projects, and technology deployments. This position designs and implements distribution warehouse and supply chain models across the UPS network while leveraging the latest technologies.

The incumbent applies work measurement, methods and procedures, operations research, financial analysis, information system modeling, statistical analysis, project management, and site layout design in a distribution environment. This position coordinates work across engineering teams, cross-functional partners, and customers to ensure expectations are met while achieving targeted financial outcomes.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborates with Solutions and Business Development to define project scope, identify data requirements, and align on stakeholder roles and responsibilities

  • Recommends adjustments to ensure solutions incorporate an accurate scope of work

  • Serves as a resource for operational problem identification, resolution, and continuous improvement to support organic growth opportunities

  • Analyzes optimization and modeling needs to determine data required to develop operating plans and distribution layouts

  • Performs cost-benefit analyses to ensure effective use of resources and maximize return on investment

  • Conducts gap analyses between proposed solutions and post-implementation operating results

  • Resolves conflicts and clarifies communications with stakeholders to maintain alignment with corporate objectives

  • Assists in validating planned versus actual task completion to assess project impacts

  • Develops and implements solutions to operational issues and provides recommendations for improvement

  • Participates in Business Review and Planning meetings and partners with the operations management team to implement solutions and conduct follow-up

  • Works with the operations management team to implement changes that drive cost reduction and service improvements

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrates understanding of implementation objectives, project plans, and individual role within a project; participates in the implementation of a project; provides timely, thorough, and concise updates for area of responsibility; identifies areas of risk and properly communicates them to the project manager

  • Independently conducts standard analyses to identify problems in methods, processes, or workflow; interprets results of analyses and recommends solutions to address identified requirements, problems, or inefficiencies

  • Leverages technological knowledge to achieve business objectives; resolves technological issues impeding work; adapts technological information, facts, or data to varying situations or groups and recommends changes to technological approach based upon knowledge of trends and best practices

  • Identifies common problems with current work designs; specifies requirements for new work designs; modifies or adjusts existing work methods, processes, and flows to resolve operations failures

  • Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Access, Teams, OneNote, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) and AutoCAD

  • Understanding of Warehouse Management System (WMS) design and functionality

Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree (or internationally comparable degree) in Industrial Engineering or related field - Preferred

  • Must live in the same geographic location or willing to relocate yourself for the position.

Internal Salary Grade: 20G

Internal positing will close on June 11th @ 11:59 PM Eastern

Employee Type:

Permanent

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Other Criteria:

UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

Job ID: 523280794
Originally Posted on: 6/2/2026

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