Lead Production Supervisor Manufacturing

At Ford Motor Company, we are dedicated to designing, manufacturing and selling high quality vehicles that meet the diverse needs of our customers. We believe our employees and the different perspectives that they bring to the business are the driving force behind our success. Come discover a company that is focused on the quality of our vehicles, the environment, the community and the world in which we live.

Minimum Requirements:

  • 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

Preferred Requirements:

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
  • Experience: 3-5 years automotive experience
  • Body shop/stamping/paint/subassembly 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
  • CNC machining experience (PTO specific)
  • Helium leak stand experience (PTO specific)

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:

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, If you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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Position Duties:

Drive safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People, Maintenance, and Environmental issues by understanding and consistently applying standard manufacturing operating system processes. Validate and bridge operational needs to ensure the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.

  • Safety
    • Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
    • Review department safety metrics and coordinate improvement activities
  • 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
  • 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 salaried employees
    • Build Team Leaders' and Team Members' capabilities; mentor subordinates
    • Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
  • Maintenance
    • Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s)
    • Integrate the maintenance plan into total department business plan
    • Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan

  • Environment
  • Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards

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