Job Description

Position : Material Flow Engineer

Location : Dearborn, Michigan or Louisville, Kentucky

Duration : 1 year contract

Travel : to Marshall, Mi & Louisville, KY when needed

Compensation: $30/hr to $38/hr

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Robotics Engineering
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing or automation
• Proficient in Mandarin

Plusses:

• Material flow simulation experience

Day to Day:

Insight Global is looking for a Material Flow Engineer in the Dearborn, Michigan or Louisville Kentucky area. The Material Flow Engineer will be responsible for:

• 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
• Designs 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 consistently with Lean principles
• Lay out market, sequencing, and kitting areas to facilitate material handling, process flow, space utilization, and labor
• Define and manage in-plant storage and call systems to maintain inventories; assists in defining appropriate goals and metrics for proper material control
• Provide vehicle and pedestrian flow/congestion/safety analyses and recommend practical solutions where required
• Interact regularly 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 approve 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)
• Lead AGF/AMR, ASRS implementation

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