Maintenance Engineering Manager Final
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Job Summary
We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
As part of our Manufacturing team youll help build the world-class state-of-the-art smart vehicles were known our plants around the world were constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. Youll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.
In this position...
As a Team Manager Maintenance & Engineering you will lead maintenance operations for a manufacturing area while driving safety equipment reliability productivity and continuous improvement. You will develop high-performing teams optimize maintenance processes and partner across Manufacturing Engineering Production and Skilled Trades to support world-class quality cost and delivery objectives within the Ford Production System.
Responsibilities
What youll do
Lead Safe and Reliable Operations
- Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with corporate regulatory and environmental standards.
- Lead safety initiatives including construction safety Arc Flash compliance Pro-Tag implementation and Pre-Task Analyses.
- Drive equipment reliability through standardized preventive and predictive maintenance strategies that maximize uptime and productivity.
- Ensure compliance with Maintenance Operating System standards and maintenance best practices.
Drive Operational Excellence
- Lead data-driven continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality throughput and equipment performance.
- Identify production constraints perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions using Global 8D/4D methodologies.
- Support launches and production start-ups by coordinating maintenance resources and ensuring equipment readiness.
- Monitor maintenance performance metrics and hold teams accountable for achieving operational objectives.
Optimize Cost and Performance
- Manage departmental operating and maintenance budgets while controlling Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU).
- Develop business cases and support capital and maintenance projects.
- Improve inventory management spare parts utilization repair and rebuild programs and equipment maintainability.
- Balance maintenance priorities with production requirements to achieve safety quality delivery and
- cost targets.
Develop High-Performing Teams
- Lead coach and develop maintenance supervisors and skilled trades employees.
- Foster a culture of accountability teamwork continuous improvement and employee engagement.
- Communicate departmental goals performance expectations and policy deployment through SQDCPME and other operating routines.
- Partner with Production Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing and other cross-functional teams to achieve plant objectives.
Qualifications
Youll have
- Bachelors degree or equivalent years of experience plus significant technical training.
- 5 years of maintenance manufacturing engineering or industrial operations experience.
- Experience leading maintenance operations within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of assembly manufacturing processes and the Ford Production System.
- Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance equipment reliability and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Working knowledge of Six Sigma and structured problem-solving tools (Global 8D/4D Root Cause Analysis).
- Proven ability to lead coach and develop high-performing teams.
- Strong analytical communication negotiation and organizational skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions to achieve business
results.
Even Better Youll Have
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Industrial or related field)
- Demonstrated success leading through Fords ONE FORD leadership behaviors.
- LEAN or Six Sigma certification.
You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor all 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 childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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position is a leadership salary grade 6.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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