# Industrial Engineer - Contract Logistics

TheIndustrial Engineer is responsible for analyzing, designing, optimizing, and implementing processes, workflows, facility layouts, and operating models that improve efficiency, productivity, quality, safety, and service performance across logistics and transportation operations. They work closely with operations leaders to identify improvement opportunities and develop scalable solutions that support business growth and operational excellence. They apply engineering principles, data analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies to enhance performance across warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, terminal, and distribution environments. They serve as a technical subject matter expert, translating business needs into practical operational solutions that improve throughput, resource utilization, customer experience, and cost performance. Responsibilities Analyze operational processes, workflows, facility layouts, and resource utilization to identify opportunities for productivity, service, quality, and cost improvements. Design and optimize facility layouts, storage concepts, material flows, transportation processes, and operational workflows to maximize efficiency an

- **Id**: 3690841
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/forward-industrial-engineer-contract-logistics>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dallas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T03:12:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4953
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Transportation & Logistics, Logistics, Road Transport

## Company

- **Id**: 1826503
- **Name**: Forward
- **Domain**: forwardair.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/forwardair-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 98
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.286
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: yes
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: yes
- **Outlook** — Optional: yes
- **Power BI** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes
- **Windows** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T16:29:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 81
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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