Advanced Industrial Engineer - Material Flow Automation

Location: Plymouth, Michigan, United States; extensive travel and plant visits required

Company

hirify.global operates in automotive manufacturing and requires technical expertise in material flow, lean manufacturing, and automation.

What you will do

• Mentor plant and center-of-excellence industrial engineers and provide technical leadership across a matrix organization.
• Develop, evaluate, implement, and improve material-flow standards, best practices, automation, and workstation layouts.
• Design and analyze future-program material flow from dock to point of use, including replenishment routes and packaging methods.
• Support indirect-labor motion-based time standards, labor roadmaps, and initiatives to reduce gaps to labor goals.
• Maintain databases and documentation for plant layouts, kitting processes, material-handling labor tools, and lean manufacturing standards.
• Provide data and technical support to automation teams and help establish future manufacturing footprints and core assembly processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, preferably Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• At least five years of industry experience; high-volume order fulfillment or distribution-center experience is desirable.
• At least five years of experience designing material replenishment routes for automated and human-powered technologies, including full pallets, totes, soft products, and carts.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office and AutoCAD.
• Interest and ability to learn AMR and AGC programming; experience with simulation software such as FlexSim is desirable.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, teamwork, and technical-documentation skills, with the ability to lead without direct positional authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements are available, alongside required travel and plant visits.
• Work in a collaborative matrix organization with plant, center-of-excellence, and automation teams.
• Provide training and technical assistance to plant teams during implementation of material-flow changes.