• Job Description

  Req#: JR8960-2023

  Is your career taking you where you want to go?

  When it began in 1924, Saia LTL Freight covered a two-state area: Louisiana and Texas. Today, Saia is one of the most successful carriers in the U.S., providing nationwide less-than-truckload (LTL), non-asset truckload, and third-party logistics services. Headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia, Saia is a fast growing company offering industry leading benefits and opportunities to inspire every member of our team. With over 12,000 employees dedicated to their jobs and our customers, you may discover your own career path at Saia.

  Under general supervision of the Director of Industrial Engineering, the Engineering Analyst is responsible for providing decision support through financial and situational analysis. This position carries out business analysis functions as well as systems and software maintenance to directly support Engineering, Operations, Linehaul, and Senior Management.

  Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with Field Operations and cross-functional departments to gather information and create and disseminate appropriate reporting and analytics.
  • Provides research and analytical support to internal customers including, but not limited to, financial analysis, data analysis, trend identification, as well as monitoring and summarizing the progress of strategic initiatives.
  • Identifies KPIs and opportunities through regression analysis and advanced analytical skills.
  • Identifies business challenges and opportunities for improvement and uses analysis to make strategic or tactical recommendations.
  • Performs ad hoc requests for reports determining operational trends, terminal performance analysis, exception reporting analysis, etc.
  • Assesses current business analysis processes and provides recommendations for new methods to enhance analytics for internal customers.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or related field
  • 1 year of experience in related field preferred
  • Experience performing business analysis or financial/statistical data
  • Knowledge of SQL, Tableau, and Power BI is a plus
  • Knowledge of syndicated data like NTD and Nielson is a plus
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel

  Benefits

  At Saia, your success is our success! That’s why we work hard to provide you with what you need to build an awesome career. We are committed to rewarding superior employee performance so that when you work hard, your achievements won’t go unnoticed.

  Our Mission

  At Saia Inc., success comes down to taking care of the people who matter most – our customers, our employees and our shareholders. The rest will take care of itself.

  To safely drive our customers’ success with custom solutions built on the three pillars of our service-focused values: people, purpose and performance.

  Saia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

• About the company

  Saia is an American less than truckload trucking company, that originated in Houma, Louisiana in 1924.

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