Senior Industrial Engineer - Food Distribution Center - Denton, Tx

Target Target · Retail · Denton, TX

Senior Industrial Engineer role focused on optimizing warehouse operations within a food distribution center. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining engineered labor standards, driving process improvements, configuring systems, and acting as a subject matter expert in Labor Management. The role involves conducting audits, performance validations, and analytical reviews to identify and resolve operational issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting strategic planning. Requires experience with time study tools, labor management systems, and optimization methods like Lean Six Sigma.

What you'd actually do

  1. support the implementation and sustainability of the engineering program across warehouse operations, including but not limited to: designing, maintaining, and evolving Engineered Labor Standards (ELS); driving process improvement initiatives, delivering measurable business impact (e.g., cost savings, productivity gains, or capacity improvements); configuring systems; and educating field leadership and team members on engineering principles.
  2. Serve as the network’s subject matter expert in Labor Management, guiding leaders on how to effectively interpret and apply labor standards, performance metrics, and LMS capabilities.
  3. conducting onsite audits, performance validations, and analytical reviews of operational processes.
  4. identify opportunities for improvement, determine root causes, and establish and maintain standards accordingly.
  5. developing clear, scalable documentation and standard operating procedures to promote consistency, clarity, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Required

  • Four-year degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years’ experience in Industrial Engineering with demonstrated IE concepts (labor utilization, workflow and layout, process improvement and standardization)
  • Experience with time study tools (QueTech) and methodologies, predetermined time systems (MOST, MTM or MSD), and labor standards
  • Experience with configuration, maintenance and reporting of Labor Management Systems (LMS)
  • Knowledge of engineering optimization methods (Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma) and standard project management processes
  • Strong ability to identify, define and resolve ambiguous problems, drive work forward and make decisions without perfect clarity
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to advocate for and present recommendations to senior leaders
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong leadership and conflict management skills, including the ability to hold peers accountable and influence without direct authority
  • Proven experience in collaborating with an

Nice to have

  • Manhattan WMS experience
  • AutoCAD experience