Material Flow Engineer
About The Position
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. What will you make today? As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love. In this position... You will manage the flow of materials through the facility to support production flows within the production and warehousing operations. You will support future and current model studies for ICE and BEV PTO facilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2 or more years of materials experience
- Ability to travel up to 50% during launch phases
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- Experience with successful automation, implementations including AGV/AMR and warehouse automation
- 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
Responsibilities
- Process Design & Optimization: Design and optimize material flow processes using Lean principles to improve safety, quality, and cost-efficiency.
- Facility Layout & Space Management: Develop plant layouts and space analyses for markets, sequencing, and kitting areas to maximize storage and labor productivity.
- Systems & Inventory Control: Implement industrial engineering systems for capacity forecasting and define in-plant storage/call systems to maintain inventory metrics.
- Equipment & Safety Analysis: Qualify manual and powered material handling equipment and conduct traffic flow analyses to mitigate congestion and enhance facility safety.
- Project Management: Lead multi-month project lifecycles, including milestone scheduling, resource coordination, and economic evaluations of alternate plans.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Production, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to document standards, provide technical training, and ensure process adherence.
- Technical Administration: Administer technical procedures and work instructions while interacting with vendors on administrative and technical matters.
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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
