Industrial Process Engineer - Material Flow

Drive the development, standardization, and optimization of autonomous material flow strategies supporting enterprise-wide AGV and AMR deployment initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize material flow processes supporting AGV and AMR operations.
• Design line-side delivery, warehouse replenishment, and inventory movement strategies.
• Evaluate transportation methods, routing concepts, storage requirements, and material staging approaches.
• Conduct capacity analysis, cycle time studies, bottleneck analysis, and labor utilization evaluations.
• Optimize space utilization and inventory flow throughout manufacturing operations.
• Support creation of standard work for manual and automated material handling processes.
• Develop scalable best practices supporting AGV deployment across multiple facilities.
• Establish process standards, KPIs, operational metrics, and deployment methodologies.
• Partner with manufacturing and logistics teams to ensure sustainable implementation.
• Analyze operational performance data and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and analytical tools supporting decision making.
• Utilize SharePoint, reporting systems, and manufacturing analytics tools to support deployment initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance on AGV, AMR, robotics, conveyor, and automation integration strategies.
• Collaborate with controls, commissioning, logistics, warehouse, and manufacturing organizations.
• Support continuous improvement programs aligned with Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 3-7 years of industrial engineering, material flow, logistics, or manufacturing process experience.
• Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience with material flow optimization and production systems.
• Capacity analysis, bottleneck analysis, and cycle-time study experience.
• Strong analytical, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AGV, AMR, warehouse automation, or autonomous material handling experience.
• PFEP (Plan for Every Part) experience.
• ERP, WMS, MES, or supply chain systems knowledge.
• Digital Twin or simulation platform experience.
• Automotive manufacturing experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise standards or Center of Excellence organizations.

Pay

$35.00 - $44.00/hr.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Schedule

This is a fully onsite, contract position based in Warren, MI.