Material Flow Engineer leading material flow strategies for Ford's manufacturing plants. Collaborating with teams to ensure efficient production and supply chain processes.
Responsibilities
Manage the flow of materials through the facility to support production flows within the production and warehousing operations
Provide engineering support for material flow process; document standards and procedures, provide training, overall adherence and maintenance to ensure materials are available in designated stock, markets and line locations throughout the facility
Work with Planning & Inventory Control, Production, Material Handlers, and Supply Chain to ensure robust policies are available and practiced and strive for continuous improvement
Apply technical expertise, commensurate with formal training and limited job experience, in the development of material flow processes
Design and/or develops material flow processes and equipment
Recommend changes to increase safety, reduce costs, improve quality and optimize efficiency
Participate in plant layout activities
Develop floor space analyses to confirm storage requirements and recommend practical solutions where required
Assist in qualifying manual and powered material handling equipment requirements
Work to improve material flow and manage materials and inventory consistent with Lean principles
Lay out market, sequencing, and kitting areas to facilitate material handling, process flow, space utilization, and labor
Define and manages in-plant storage and call systems to maintain inventories; assists to define appropriate goals and metrics for proper material control
Provide vehicle and pedestrian flow/congestion/safety analyses and recommend practical solutions where required
Interact on a regular basis with other functional groups and vendors on technical and/or administrative matters
Work with Production, Production Control, Supply Chain, Quality and other engineering departments
Prepare detailed plans, generally spanning several months, vital to complete assigned projects
Develop and approves schedule milestones
Develop and coordinate labor, facility and equipment requirements for assigned projects
Propose alternate plans for economic evaluation
Administer technical procedures including process and work procedures
Implement an industrial engineering system (standard cost data, capacity and equipment requirement forecasting, shop floor control system)
Drive new technology and automation to support the flow of material
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Material Flow Engineering, related degree; or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education.
2 or more years of materials experience
Must be willing to travel
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (even better)
Demonstrated experience working with all levels of the organization
Experience working collaboratively on teams and driving
Demonstrated leadership behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
Experience working in a manufacturing plant environment
Tenure working in the automotive industry
Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook/Access)
Knowledge of AutoCAD
Validated functional expertise in material flow
Strong understanding of lean material flow strategies & lean manufacturing processes.
Benefits
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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