PS&L Automation Engineer

Ford-Motor-Company; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 72,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks an experienced Industrial/Operations Engineer to support the PS&L engineering services team within FCSD. You will drive layout optimization, analyze data to improve material flow, and develop business cases for continuous improvement initiatives across Ford distribution operations.

The role requires collaboration with multiple Ford groups, experience with AutoCAD, SAP EWM, and BI tools, and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Engineering/supply chain management degree preferred.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Depot operations experience preferred.
• Strategy and planning experience preferred.
• History of material handling automation implementation preferred.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Autocad experience preferred.
• SAP/Alteryx/PowerBI/Excel/PowerPoint experience preferred.
• Knowledge of purchasing systems/Ariba/IERP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with 3rd party vendors and facility management to design and install solutions at Ford distribution operations.
• Work cross functionally with purchasing, finance, manufacturing, and labor affairs.
• Perform internal purchasing functions to generate requisitions and approvals to execute POs, process invoices, and reconcile discrepancies.
• Utilize AutoCAD to adjust CAD drawings.
• Identify deficiencies in material flow and storage strategies, provide data-driven recommendations.
• Utilize SAP EWM and BI data to pull data sets and visualize insights for PS&L stakeholders.
• Benchmark best in class OEMs, generate detailed business cases, and present findings to FCSD leadership.
• Apply project management to meet deadlines and stay within budget in a fast-paced environment.
• Be onsite at a metro Detroit PS&L facility 3–4 days per week, with varying locations.
• Periodic travel to North American PS&L facilities and for benchmarking with OEMs and vendors.

Skills

AutoCAD

Project management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering / supply chain degree preferred

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP

SAP EWM

Alteryx

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Ariba

IERP

AutoCAD

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position

In this role, you will be supporting the engineering services team within Parts Supply & Logistics (PS&L) within Ford’s Customer Service Division (FCSD). In this role you will be tasked with supporting PS&L’s operations network by (1) continuously improving facility layout/design working collaboratively with plant leadership(2) researching best in class operational practices, developing strategies and business cases (3) executing/implementing approved continuous improvement strategies/projects. (4) supporting implementation of advanced technology solutions in an operations environment.

What you’ll do

• Work collaboratively with 3rd party vendors and facility management to design and install solutions at Ford distribution operations.


• Work cross functionally with other Ford organizations such as purchasing, finance, manufacturing, and labor affairs.


• Perform internal purchasing functions to generate requisitions and gain necessary approvals to execute POs, process invoices, and reconcile discrepancies.


• Utilize AutoCAD to make adjustments to new or existing facility CAD drawings.


• Identify deficiencies in existing material flow and storage strategies, provide recommendations based on data supported analysis.


• Utilize SAP EWM and available BI data to pull critical data sets, performing data visualization to draw key inferences for key PS&L stakeholders.


• Assist in benchmarking best in world OEMs, generate detailed business cases based on solution recommendations, and convert findings into presentations that can be shared with FCSD executive leadership.


• Leverage project management skills to hit deadlines, stay within budget, and overcome obstacles in a high paced environment.


• Candidates should expect to be onsite at a metro Detroit PS&L operations facility 3-4 days per week, with locations varying day to day.


• Candidates should expect periodic travel to North American PS&L operations facilities and to travel for benchmarking with other OEMs and equipment vendors.

You’ll have

• Bachelors degree required

Even better, you may have

• Engineering/supply chain management degree preferred


• Masters degree preferred


• Depot operations experience preferred


• Strategy and planning experience preferred


• History of material handling automation implementation preferred


• Project management experience preferred


• Autocad experience preferred


• SAP/Alteryx/PowerBI/Excel/PowerPoint experience preferred


• Knowledge of purchasing systems/Ariba/IERP preferred

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage


• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more


• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more


• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases


• Tuition assistance


• Established and active employee resource groups


• Paid time off for individual and team community service


• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day


• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6 or 7 and ranges from $72,480-$141,360.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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