Automation Expert

Job Title: Automation Expert

Location: MI/Detriot (Either Detroit, MI or Kansas City, Kansas; Remote with occasional visits to client site)

Duration: Long Term Contract

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Job Description:

Automotive Material Handling Automation & Intralogistics SME

Objective

Support evaluation of material handling automation, storage strategy, material flow, and warehouse/LOC capacity within an automotive manufacturing environment. The SME will develop practical recommendations regarding AMRs, AGVs, AFTs, ASRS, storage systems, replenishment strategies, and inventory placement under conditions where layouts, PFEP data, and operating assumptions are still evolving.

Responsibilities

Recommend appropriate material handling technologies, including:

AMRs

AGVs

Autonomous Fork Trucks (AFTs)

ASRS

Goods-to-Person Systems

Automated Conveyance Systems

Define fleet sizing, storage-density assumptions, throughput assumptions and operating constraints.

Develop alternative automation concepts and compare operational tradeoffs.

Recommend physical equipment configurations suitable for simulation and Digital Twin scenario analysis.

Must-Have Experience

10+ years in:

Automotive logistics

In-plant logistics

Material handling equipment automation

ASRS design or evaluation

AMR / AGV deployment projects

Industrial engineering

· Experience leading or supporting selection, evaluation, sizing or deployment of material handling automation systems.

· Experience comparing alternative automation approaches based on throughput, storage requirements, labor, utilization, and ROI.

Experience with:

Material handling system selection and evaluation

Automotive supplier parks, sequencing centers, or 3PL operations

Comfortable working with incomplete or evolving planning inputs and building defensible recommendations from assumptions.

Preferred Experience

ASRS design or evaluation

AMR / AGV deployment projects

Warehouse automation business-case development

Highly automated manufacturing or distribution environments

Simulation, modeling, or Digital Twin support initiatives

-Process Flows

-Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members

-Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility

-Participate in data conversion and data maintenance

-Provide best practice and industry specific solutions

-Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions

-Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed.

-Participate as a team member of the functional team

-Perform other duties as assigned.