Network Planning Project Engineer

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£45,000–£65,000

Network Planning Project Engineer

An exciting new Network Planning Project Engineer opportunity at DX!

All About You

You will be friendly, hard-working and love the buzz of getting things done. We love team players and here at DX we are committed to providing our people the technical and personal skills to progress their careers.

About us

We are a leading independent parcel, mail and logistics services company operating throughout the UK and Ireland delivering the important things in life. DX Freight provides next-day or scheduled delivery services for parcels and freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions, including warehouse management and the operation of customer-liveried vehicles. Our brand is what we do every day and our values set the tone for how we want our colleagues to go about their business of delivering the Delivered Exactly promise.

What will it feel like to be part of our team?

At DX, we know our people are our foundation of success. We are passionate about you developing your career with us; if you want to progress your career, DX will provide the training and the opportunities! Whatever you choose, you will work with passionate and supportive people who are focused on meeting the DX Delivered Exactly promise.

Role summary:

As DX grow the business and develop new services, we aim to maximise the combined value of our Divisions and build a flexible operating model which supports interoperability to efficiently offer the best possible service to our customers while ensuring control and consistency and minimising overall cost. Based on quantitative and qualitative analysis, Network Planning sets the direction for network operations including operating footprint, assets, routing, systems, automation, planning, tracking and reporting.

Key responsibilities

Deliver specific design projects, trials and pieces of analysis as directed by the Network Planning Director
Run localised trials to test, prove and refine concepts and designs
Document elements of the current operating model and proposed options
Collect and validate high-level and detailed cost and operational data
Conduct quantitative analysis to compare options
Engage with relevant stakeholders to support balanced qualitative assessment of options and ensure any recommendations are realistic
Liaise with IT to ensure alignment of systems requirements
Prepare, document and present recommendations and implementation plans
Maintain relevant benchmarks and best practices to guide and inform future design projects
Contribute to blue-sky thinking and idea generation and prioritisation

Knowledge, Skills and experience

Must Have

Numerate with strong analytical skills. Must be able to build basic excel models to evaluate financial and operational impact of options
Familiar with end-to-end logistics processes and cost, capacity and productivity drivers, including Collection and Delivery, Transport and Under-the-roof activities
Experience in managing operational trials and measuring operational impact
Strong communication skills, able to focus on key messages and explain complex concepts in an understandable way
Familiarity with operational reporting metrics and dashboards

Nice to have

Experience in operations research, time and motion, layout design and operational process design
Experience in building business cases for operational improvements and investment cases

Personal Specification

Objective, analytical and data-driven
Self-starter, motivated and driven to make meaningful improvements
Creative, innovative, inquisitive and challenging
Collaborative, able to engage with operational staff and other stakeholders to understand challenges, develop ideas and test possible solutions
Thorough, diligent, honest and open
Structured and able to break down complex deliverables into manageable steps
Comfortable with ambiguity, able to use scenario analysis and estimates when reliable data is not available
Clear communicator, willing to challenge the status quo and equally happy to receive challenge and feedback