Material Handling Engineer

Job Description

The Role

The Flint Assembly Material Handling Engineer is the technical owner for material movement systems at Flint Assembly with a strong focus on safety automation and continuous improvement. The role designs implements and sustains autonomous material handling solutions and supporting processes to ensure stable efficient and safe delivery of materials to this role you will collaborate closely with Plant GSC Plant Safety Plant Production and Maintenance Manufacturing Engineering and Autonomous Robot Center teams to ensure that the right parts are delivered to the right place at the right time.

What Youll Do (Responsibilities)

• Champion a zero-injury culture embedding safety into all material automation design implementation and operations.

• Ensure automated material handling systems protect product quality.

• Serve as the primary technical owner for automated material systems.

• Lead implementation and sustainment of autonomous material handling projects including commissioning validation and hand-off to operations.

• Design and continuously improve dock-to-point-of-use material flow to enable automation and reduce handling waste and ergonomic risk.

• Create maintain and optimize material handling layouts to support current and future automation.

• Participate in launch and change management activities to ensure material automation readiness for new models options and suppliers.

• Define maintain and enforce standardized work for material handling processes and automation projects including change control and readiness reviews.

• Use data from production and fleet systems to identify issues perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Apply structured problem-solving methods to resolve recurring safety quality and throughput issues related to material handling and automation.

• Support daily operations by troubleshooting material flow and automation disruptions restoring flow and implementing sustainable fixes.

• Coach and train floor teams on the safe effective use of material automation and equipment including start-up/shutdown recovery and escalation.

• Represent the Flint Assembly Team in cross-functional meetings and huddles communicating status risks and countermeasures.

• Partner with external suppliers to resolve system issues plan upgrades and improve fleet reliability and lifecycle cost.

• Drive cost-reduction and productivity improvements through automation route optimization and continuous improvement projects.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Minimum 3 years of experience in automotive or high-volume manufacturing ideally in assembly material handling or a closely related environment.

• Demonstrated project management experience leading cross-functional material handling or automation projects from concept through launch.

• Experience in manufacturing automation or material handling within a high-volume production environment with proven use of data and structured problem-solving (e.g. 5-Why fishbone PDCA) to improve processes.

• Working knowledge of material automation material flow design line-side presentation warehouse/storage strategies and containerization with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other analytical tools plus experience using layout tools (such as AutoCAD or similar) to create and update material handling layouts.

• Demonstrated commitment to safety ergonomics and quality in material handling designs with effective communication skills ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment and willingness to work flexible hours to support production schedules and launches.

• Must be able to work on a rotating/flexible shift (1st 2nd or 3rd) as well as overtime and weekends as needed.

What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)

• 5 years of experience in automotive or high-volume manufacturing ideally in assembly material handling or a closely related environment.

• Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Supply Chain Management or a related technical field.

• Prior direct experience owning or supporting material automation systems including implementation optimization or sustainment.

• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. value stream mapping 5S standard work).

• Experience leading cross-functional improvement projects that delivered measurable results in safety quality cost or delivery.

• Strong influencing and collaboration skills with the ability to align multiple stakeholders around material handling solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to simplify complex problems make data-driven decisions and present recommendations in a clear concise manner.

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