What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Consulting Engineer position at Bastian Solutions?
Our consultants pursue and execute automation, operations, and process engineering consulting engagements for new and existing clients, helping them to meet their strategic business goals. The consultants also engage in strategic sales of automation systems, through the use of Data Analysis, Material Handling System Design, and Computer Simulation.
Job Functions
- Ability to develop excellent client relationships and earn their trust though superior problem solving and hard work.
- Close major system sales through a "top down" consultative selling approach. Beat our competition by providing the best solutions in the industry. · Become a thought leader in distribution systems and automation.
- Assist in pursuing new clients for consulting services.
- Coordinate with specific resources (software engineers, controls engineers, CAD / Simulation Engineers, etc.) to prepare reports and proposals.
- Continue to enhance and refine the tools / methodologies we use.
- Maintain your education on a wide variety of material handling automation and simulation software areas.
- Provide excellent analysis of customer's operational data used to design superior processes and systems.
- Provide computer simulation modeling of proposed material handling systems.
- Build confidence with clients when making formal presentations.
- Meet with client employees, executives, or other stakeholders to understand the challenges faced by the client organization
- Act as the primary client interface on Consulting engagements; oversee a consulting project from inception to completion including:
- Budget
- Schedule
- Scope Management
- Deliverables
- Customer Satisfaction
- Guide the research and analysis conducted by associate consultants and use this information to draw conclusions and develop recommendations including:
- Activity profiles and design requirements
- Appropriate order fulfillment methodologies, storage media, process design, and material handling technologies/applications
- Oversee the development of conceptual design solutions; communicate and transition conceptual designs to Engineering and other Business Units
- Develop labor & financial models to evaluate alternative solutions and prepare business case analyses
- Prepare materials to describe recommended solutions including description of operations, throughput and storage capacities, business case documentation, etc.
- Lead in presenting research, findings, deliverables, and recommendations to clients
Travel Requirements
- 30% overnight travel (Travel expenses paid by Bastian Solutions)
Preferred Skills and Required Qualifications
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related fields.
- 8 years experience analyzing, sizing, designing, justifying, and implementing complex material handling solutions in a leadership role
- Experience with data analysis tools (PowerBI, Alteryx, SQL) preferred.
- Understanding of supply chains and distribution or manufacturing systems is a plus · Experience with computer simulation (FlexSim, Demo3D, Arena, etc.) a plus;
- Strong communication skills
- Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship