Solutions Design Engineer

Opportunity

At Maersk, we have big plans. Our aspiration is to become the global expert in integrated logistics, offering a truly end-to-end service that makes daily trade simpler and easier than ever.

The Solution and Design Engineering team is looking for a new team member to join us as a Solution Design Engineer in Costa Rica or Guatemala. In this role, you will develop and implement new operational projects solutions for our customers as well as supporting, maintaining and improving existing projects.

As a key member of our engineering team, you'll be supported by leading-edge technology and innovative solutions that will help you to meet the diverse needs of our clients. Join us and be part of a dynamic environment where your skills and expertise will be valued and rewarded. Go big, join Maersk!

We Offer

We offer you exciting career opportunities with an international reach to further expand your experience through our diversity-focused and award-winning talent development initiatives.

Energizing and pioneering, this is also an environment that keeps you motivated. You’ll be joining a values-led, genuinely diverse, and talented team that is passionate about being there for employees, and for each other. We strive to deliver the right environment for the right people while fostering a culture of fairness, mutual respect, responsibility, and care for our business and our customers.

We have a competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees. Our talent policies are recognized world-wide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our people through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives.

We value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job. We’re proud of that and we see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams. In this role, we offer a hybrid working model, and it is necessary to have availability for business travels.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports client management and customers in Central America, Andina and the Caribbean Sea with developing and optimizing operational solutions.
• Make suggestions for improvements on current operational solutions.
• Initiates cost savings for the operational solutions.
• Standardizes and documents the operational solutions.
• Develop detailed designs for the solution incorporating the scope of services, operating model, resource models, operating cost estimates, recommended selling price, estimated value for the client, and draft P&L for Maersk.
• Calculate warehouse size based on throughput and product data mainly provided as part of a customer RFQ.
• Create warehouse process flows for key activities, including receiving, put-away, picking, packing, and dispatch to maximize productivity.
• Calculate activity productivity targets to support resource and activity-based costing models.
• Create warehouse throughput simulation models using industry-leading software to visualize warehouse operations, throughputs, and alternatives.
• Create warehouse layouts and engineering designs using AutoCAD software.
• Maintain close links with LEAN and Business Process Engineering experts to ensure LEAN methodologies are transferred to new commercial opportunities within geo scope.
• Provide innovative solutions and ideas to help create the most competitive offerings.
• Analyze the business processes, define tools to use and design the most suitable solution together with experts within the team.

Who we are looking for

• Academic background within Engineering, IT, or related field.
• Solid experience in logistics and warehousing.
• Proficiency in Spanish and English languages.
• 5-6 years of relevant experience within a similar role.
• Exposure to working in warehouse or logistics operations, including implementation.
• Solid experience in handling national and international clients.
• Experience from analyzing and aligning services with business processes and stakeholders.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Join a global leader as we embark on an industry-defining digital transformation that will revolutionize trade!

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