Industrial Material Flow Engineer: Lean Ops & Layouts

Insight Global; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a contract Material Flow Engineer to support rapid expansion of advanced manufacturing operations. You will develop, specify, and implement material-flow, warehouse, and production-line solutions across multiple product programs.

The role requires ownership of ambiguous problems, collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and external vendors, and readiness to travel up to 25% as needed to deploy floor-ready improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.
• 3+ years in manufacturing/production environment.
• Experience improving material flow, warehouse layout, or intralogistics.
• Able to read CAD drawings and technical docs; basic layout updates in AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate end-to-end material flow across warehousing, manufacturing, and production lines.
• Develop AutoCAD layouts for material-flow systems and workstations.
• Define requirements, develop specs, prepare RFPs, review proposals, drive resolutions with vendors.
• Own solutions from definition to floor deployment.
• Support multiple programs from development to full-rate production.
• Identify bottlenecks and coordinate corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
• Conduct time studies to improve warehouse and manufacturing efficiency.
• Apply value-stream mapping, line balancing, and industrial engineering techniques.
• Establish and monitor throughput, cycle time, capacity, utilization, and inventory accuracy.
• Translate analyses into actionable implementation plans and move improvements to floor.
• Travel to locations like Atlanta and New York; travel may decrease over time.

Skills

Engineering background

AutoCAD

Vendor management

Reading drawings & specs

Industrial engineering methods

SQL / data analysis

Lean / value-stream mapping

Project ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Siemens Plant Simulation

Visual Components

Process Simulation

MES / ERP familiarity

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a contract Material Flow Engineer to support rapid expansion of advanced manufacturing operations. You will develop, specify, and implement material-flow, warehouse, and production-line solutions across multiple product programs.

The role requires ownership of ambiguous problems, collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and external vendors, and readiness to travel up to 25% as needed to deploy floor-ready improvements.