Ford Motor Company
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ford.com
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Job Description
Engineers must possess strong knowledge of material handling fundamentals, warehouse operations, and AGV/AMR automation processes.
Responsibilities
- Build and validate Plant Simulation models for machining, assembly, and material handling systems.
- Understand the Throughput and Material Flow simulation procedures and implement the same
- Implement control logic and automation using SimTalk scripting.
- Collaborate with process owners (BoP Owners/ Program teams) for input collection and compile and review the results
- Throughput Simulation
- Model gantry and conveyor configurations
- Quantify line throughput with station utilization charts
- Identify bottlenecks and quantify losses due to downtimes and quality
- Propose actionable insights to mitigate losses and improve throughput
- Run buffer / pallet sensitivity analysis to optimize the resources
- Material flow Analysis.
- Perform overall flow map of products through the facility
- Produce aisle heat map for trips per hour for each aisle way
- Optimize Material flow and collaborate with the proper personnel to facilitate those optimization opportunities.
- Provide data to the team for PMHV planning.
- Provide data to industrial engineer for labor planning
- Calculate the utilization of the point of fit (PoF) docks.
- Collaborate on the shift scheduling projects to assist in reducing inventories.
- Collaborate with teams for continuous improvements.
- Analyze simulation results and communicate opportunities (Cost avoidance/ Investment efficiency/ JPH Increase) to the team.
- Present findings through clear dashboards and executive summaries.
Qualifications
- 1–3 years of hands-on experience with Siemens Plant Simulation and SimTalk programming.
- Professional Knowledge and strong Skills on: Discrete Event Simulation /Programming /Auto CAD /MS Office
- Knowledge of lean principles and intralogistics systems.
- Read & Analyze process flow diagram
- Strong Logic building ability.
- Data analytics & Interpretation skills
- Ability to work independently when required
- Excellent Communication, Customer relation skills as well as ability to work with a diverse team
- Candidates should be flexible to work in shift, if necessary.
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