Senior Industrial Engineer - Food Distribution Center - Rialto, California

The pay range is $92,000.00 - $. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. At Target, food is life. It’s the mission of our newly integrated Food & Beverage organization to help our guests more easily discover the joy of food. We thrive on giving families new favorite ways to eat well and cook less, simply and affordably. With curated in-store experiences and a streamlined assortment designed to inspire and save time, we understand the importance of food to our guests’ everyday life—from snack duty at soccer practice to important family gatherings and holidays.

Join our centralized Food & Beverage team where you’ll partner with people from literally every area of the business. Here, you’ll help dream up new ways to offer our guests a reliably wonderful experience with the freshness, selection and value they expect and deserve from Target.

As a Senior Industrial Engineer
, you will support the implementation and sustainability of the engineering program across warehouse and delivery operations, including but not limited to: designing, maintaining, and evolving Engineered Labor Standards (ELS); driving process improvement initiatives; configuring systems; and educating field leadership and team members on engineering principles. You will serve as the network’s subject matter expert in Labor Management, guiding leaders on how to effectively interpret and apply labor standards, performance metrics, and LMS capabilities.

Your responsibilities will include conducting onsite audits, performance validations, and analytical reviews of operational processes. You will identify opportunities for improvement, determine root causes, and establish and maintain standards accordingly. This includes developing clear, scalable documentation and standard operating procedures to promote consistency, clarity, and operational efficiency. You will collaborate cross-functionally with project stakeholders from concept through execution on initiatives related to process reengineering and operational optimization, leveraging standard project management tools (e.g., PMI methodology, Lean Six Sigma).

In this role, you’ll also partner closely with Senior Industrial Engineers at other manual FDCs to align practices, configurations, and engineering capabilities across the network. In addition, you will work closely with members of the Engineering & Optimization (E&O) team to ensure cohesive, network-wide solutions across all operational areas. As part of the building’s senior leadership team, you will also support strategic planning, building-wide initiatives, and key operational decisions in partnership with site and functional leaders.

Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

• Labor Management
• Engineered Labor Standards
• Process Improvement
• Data Analysis
• Operational Auditing
• Systems Configuration
• Root Cause Analysis
• Cross-Functional Influence
• Standardization & Documentation
• Leader Coaching

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years’ experience in Industrial Engineering with demonstrated IE concepts (labor utilization, workflow and layout, process improvement and standardization)
• Experience with time study tools (Que Tech) and methodologies, predetermined time systems (MOST, MTM or MSD), and labor standards
• Experience with…