Ross Stores, Inc. is a leading off-price retail chain with a commitment to diversity and community. The Productivity Engineer I is responsible for developing and implementing engineered production standards and best-method practices in a high-volume distribution and logistics operation, collaborating with management to enhance productivity and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Develops best methods, standard conditions and engineered labor standards for multi-variable production operations
- Identifies and evaluates improvements in methods, procedures, and workflow that increase productivity, and decrease operating cost
- Coordinates the implementation of engineered methods, standards, and reporting systems - including conducting standards introduction meetings and analysis presentations with associates, supervisors, managers and directors
- Maintains the configuration and assists in the development of the production reporting applications and related interfaces with timekeeping, warehouse management and labor productivity systems
- Executes queries and reports for the collection of data used in engineering analysis
- Maintains the existing data collection applications along with other SQL and MS Access based applications used in conjunction with the standards program
- Collects and summarizes time study and work sampling data to support development of engineered labor standards
- Maintains knowledge of production and incentive pay reporting applications
- Assists with trouble-shooting data entry, reporting, and data collection problems
- Assists in the development of processes and mechanisms for labor forecasting, staffing, modeling, incentive performance/bonus reporting and tracking and other reporting as required to support management of engineering projects
- Advises and assists management with labor analysis and economic justification studies
- Assists operating management with implementation of changes to established methods
Skills
- B.S. degree in STEM with Industrial/Systems Engineering preferred equivalent field or proven experience in engineering field
- Knowledge of SQL or MS Access databases
- Strong Mathematical and analytical capabilities
- Ability to effectively communicate and interact with non-exempt associates, operational supervisors, and upper level management
- The ability to think in terms of process flow and identify operational component operations and interrelationships
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and technical writing skills
- Experience in using PCs in a professional setting - developing and using standard applications such as spreadsheets, and word processors as typical tools to execute
- Consistent timeliness and regular attendance
- Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer
- The job also requires sitting, standing, walking, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc
- Up to 50% travel. Will require frequent driving and/or traveling overnight for business functions or site visits
- Time study, work measurement, and warehouse floor data collection experience
- Operations knowledge of distribution and related processes
- Bi-lingual English/Spanish
Company Overview
- For the last 40+ years, Ross Stores, Inc. has grown from a six-store chain into an $21.1 billion, Fortune 500 Company. It was founded in 1957, and is headquartered in Dublin, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://rossstores.com/#.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Ross Stores, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 10 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.