Material Flow Engineer

Job Description

Material Flow Engineer (Industrial Engineer)

6 Months contract

Whitakers, NC 27891

1st shift hours 8:00am-4:00pm

Job Summary:

Assists with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated manufacturing or administrative systems which use people, materials, information, equipment, and energy.

Key Responsibilities:

-Support EMF with sequence cart design and coordinate with vendors from design through production.

-Assist with Rack parts audits and optimize plant storage space.

-Support the storage identification process and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.

-Assist in developing and maintaining process documentation for ongoing projects.

-Support PFEP documentation and updates.

-Contributes by applying the knowledge of Operations Excellence principles and practices as they are applied to the client.

-Assists the work by utilizing continuous improvement tools, following the Client Operations Excellence Standards, and contributes to the development of logistics standards and working methods.

-Works alongside business leaders, other functional leaders to proactively identify real issues and opportunities, develop prioritized improvement initiatives and coach them through to successful implementation.

-Contributes by utilizing business knowledge and experience to identify growth opportunities for the functions internal to plant to improve outcomes for the customer.

Required Skills:

-CAD

-Excel

-Data Analytics experience

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Experience:

Basic level of relevant work experience required.

Competencies:

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Ergonomic Fundamentals - Understands ergonomic concepts by applying client ergonomic standards, guidelines, controls and tools to reduce ergonomic risk to employees while at work.

Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.

Line Balancing - Evaluates work activities performed by individuals or machines to identify opportunities to optimize operating time and distributing of the work content to meet the changes in customer demands while continuing to optimize manufacturing processes.

Manufacturing Analysis Led Design - Uses digital tools to model and simulate manufacturing processes, equipment and performance to make data driven decisions before changes are made and to drive continuous improvements.

Manufacturing Knowledge - Demonstrates the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function's needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.

Process Layout - Creates and/or modifies an optimized manufacturing process by incorporating knowledge of equipment, human interfaces, sequences of production steps, and facilities requirements in order to reduce process time and waste.

Work Measurement - Quantifies and evaluates the elements of work that make up a process by breaking it down into detailed steps to identify and reduce waste, and redistribute work content to optimize process flows.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

Continuous Process Improvement - Recognizes areas in which a process can be improved by properly implementing process improvement and waste reduction methodologies to reduce process cost and improve quality in current manufacturing processes.

Drawing Interpretation - Integrates product design and manufacturing equipment engineering drawings to support the design and development of an optimal manufacturing process that meets product design specifications.

Industrial Engineering Knowledge - Integrates the pillars of industrial engineering techniques by applying a comprehensive and quantitative analysis to available data to be used as decision factors for the development or improvement of manufacturing processes to contribute to the most efficient process.