Material Flow Engineer: End-to-End Factory Logistics

Ford; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 72,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Vehicle discount program for employees

Tuition assistance

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave and family care

Job summary

Ford in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Material Flow Engineer to design end-to-end material-flow solutions that move parts from dock to point of fit and ensure smooth production launches. You will collaborate across Manufacturing Engineering, Plant MP&L, Production, and suppliers to deliver safe, efficient, and cost-effective systems.

You will develop PFEP data, support layout development, and define material-handling requirements with a focus on safety, quality, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Years of experience in manufacturing, material flow, logistics, industrial engineering, or supply chain.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project-management, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across manufacturing and engineering organizations and influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement end-to-end material-flow strategies from receiving docks through storage, marketplaces, kitting, sequencing, and production point of fit.
• Develop and maintain PFEP data to determine packaging, storage, inventory, replenishment, equipment, and floor-space requirements.
• Support Line Layout development and validate workstation material presentation and replenishment feasibility.
• Design marketplaces, sequencing/kitting areas, line-side storage, material routes, and other logistics operating areas.
• Develop floor-space and capacity analyses and integrate material-flow requirements into plant layouts using AutoCAD.
• Define manual and powered material-handling requirements (PMHVs, forklifts, tuggers, AGVs, AMRs, conveyors).
• Develop material-handling labor requirements, replenishment routes, delivery frequencies, standardized work, and operating concepts.
• Establish inventory, storage, call/card, and replenishment strategies that support production while minimizing material handling and inventory.
• Analyze pedestrian and material-handling traffic, congestion, safety, and ergonomic risks and develop countermeasures.
• Develop equipment, facility, labor, and investment requirements and evaluate alternatives based on safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and flexibility.
• Use data analysis and simulation to evaluate capacity, routes, fleet requirements, storage, congestion, and automation opportunities.
• Lead material-flow deliverables through program milestones, installation, launch, production stabilization, and handoff.
• Drive continuous improvement by reducing material touches, travel distance, floor-space, inventory, labor, and waste.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Project management

Communication skills

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering / Supply Chain / Logistics / Operations, or related field

Tools

PFEP

AutoCAD

lean material flow

Plant layouts

Labor analysis

Material-handling equipment

Job description

Ford in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Material Flow Engineer to design end-to-end material-flow solutions that move parts from dock to point of fit and ensure smooth production launches. You will collaborate across Manufacturing Engineering, Plant MP&L, Production, and suppliers to deliver safe, efficient, and cost-effective systems.

You will develop PFEP data, support layout development, and define material-handling requirements with a focus on safety, quality, and efficiency.