Material Flow Engineer

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You will manage the flow and movement of materials through manufacturing facilities to support production operations.

You will manage the flow and movement of materials through manufacturing facilities to support production 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 kiting 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, Material Handling, and Plant Safety Teams, Supply Chain, Quality, Material Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Ergonomic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Vehicle Manufacturing, Body Construction Engineering, 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 projects
• Propose alternate plans for economic evaluation.
• Administer technical procedures including process and work procedures.
• Implement industrial engineering systems and processes (forecast cost data, capacity, establish shop floor control systems, and ensure containment of material movement within floor space).

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5 or more years of Material Flow Engineer experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Certifications associated with Material Handling Automation
• Professional Recognitions and Awards reflecting accomplishments
• 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 or running production 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

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program…