Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Our Marketing, Sales & Service organization advances the Ford reputation as a visionary vehicle and mobility services company and helps deliver a trusted customer experience. Use your marketing, sales and service expertise to turn data-driven insights into innovative solutions that enhance sales and customer loyalty. Join us and be the eyes, ears and voice of Ford. **
In this position...**
- You will be exposed to different challenges every day and in an environment that will provide lots of opportunities to learn.
- You will be able to interface closely with the UAW group and work cohesively as such.
- You will work in a very cohesive, collaborative environment where you will be able to interface closely with various teams and groups.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
Safety
- Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
- Review department safety metrics and coordinate improvement activities
- Serve as maintenance liaison for Arc Flash updates, Construction Service Safety audits/compliance checks, and inter-department Pre-Task Analyses
Quality
- Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.)
- Devise and implement strategy to tighten tolerances within specifications for fit, form and functionality
- Delivery
- Coordinate the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups
- Facilitate start-up/shift-to-shift meetings
- Facilitate constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate bottlenecks
Cost
- Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the manufacturing engineering organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure
- Monitor, control, and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU)
- Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives: meet or beat schedule
- Manage and support material control (spare part inventory), repair and rebuild programs, and reliability and maintainability reviews
People
- Supervise UAW hourly employees (mostly skilled trades)
- Communication and Recognition
- Participate in Time & Data Management meetings for scheduling, staffing, procurement, equipment maintenance, inventory control, constraint analysis, and the coordination of production activities with codependent departments
- Build Team Leaders’ and Team Members’ capabilities; mentor subordinates
- Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks; build and nurture a One Team environment
- Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
Maintenance
- This role is the lead for maintaining our Electrocoat Operation. Experience with this is a definite plus.
- Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s)
- Integrate the maintenance plan into total department business plan
- Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity
- Provide resources, support, and priorities for all maintenance actions; Use Maximo (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (planned and crisis) and create reports to support continuous improvement
- Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan
- Jointly coordinate maintenance and engineering activities
Environment
- Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
Qualifications
You'll have...
- Education: High School Diploma
- Experience: 1-2 years technical work experience and troubleshooting in a Manufacturing environment
- Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
- Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends. This is a MUST.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Capable of assigning work to unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes pertaining to daily work assignments in terms safety, quality, and throughput
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills
- Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in One FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
Even better, you may have...
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Experience: 3-5 years automotive experience
- Paint shop and/or E-coat maintenance experience preferred
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
- Knowledge of constraint management principles
- Safety and Quality experience preferred
- Microsoft Office knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)
- Prior experience managing a unionized work force
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
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 of 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 child care 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.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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