Team Manager-Maintenance (KTP)

At Ford Motor Company, we are taking our Maintenance Superintendents to the next level. These talented employees have the title of ‘Team Manager – Maintenance’ and they are the drivers of standardization and continuous improvement in the Ford Production System.

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.

What You'Ll Do...

• Safety Leadership:
• Quality Assurance:
• Production Delivery & Optimization:
• Cost Management & Efficiency:
• People Development & Team Leadership:
• Maintenance Strategy & Execution:
• Environmental Compliance:
• Ensure and enforce department adherence to all government, industry, and corporate Health & Safety standards and policies.
• Drive improved department safety metrics through active promotion, resource provision, and strict process adherence (e.g., Pro-Tag, Arc Flash, Safety Audits, Pre-Task Analyses).
• Lead data-driven maintenance processes to significantly enhance quality metrics (e.g., improve First Time Through (FTT), reduce scrap and contamination).
• Champion root cause analysis and implement effective permanent corrective actions using methodologies like Global 4D or 8D processes.
• Monitor and ensure production schedule adherence, promptly resolving maintenance-related issues to minimize disruptions.
• Guarantee problem-free production start-ups by providing necessary resources and facilitating effective start-up and shift-to-shift meetings.
• Facilitate skilled trades' understanding and elimination of production bottlenecks through constraint analysis and coordinated activities.
• Lead the development of sound business cases and project proposals, including data collection and evaluation.
• Manage departmental budgets, prioritize resource allocation to control and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU).
• Optimize maintenance activities to improve throughput, meet or exceed budget targets, and adhere to production schedules.
• Implement robust material control, spare parts inventory management, repair/rebuild programs, and reliability/maintainability reviews.
• Disseminate policy deployment, drive SQDCPME (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, Maintenance, Environment) principles, and clearly communicate departmental maintenance goals.
• Coach, counsel, and teach subordinates to foster a "One Team" culture and enhance overall team capabilities.
• Lead and actively participate in critical operational activities including production scheduling, staffing, procurement, equipment maintenance, quality control, and inventory management, coordinating across departments.
• Promote and support work groups, integrating skilled trades per contractual agreements.
• Cultivate a team environment founded on accountability, teamwork, empowerment, and continuous improvement.
• Set, support, and enforce attendance for Time & Data Management events related to the Maintenance Operating System.
• Coordinate resources and activities to support Manufacturing Engineering (ME) organization launches, ensuring production schedules, budgetary limits, and time constraints are met.
• Evaluate and deliver on FTPM (Ford Total Productive Maintenance) measurable targets.
• Maximize equipment effectiveness through detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
• Review, approve, and assess the effectiveness of all preventive maintenance activities.
• Devise comprehensive maintenance plans, strategies, and priorities aligned with the total department business plan, optimizing daily maintenance around production opportunities.
• Provide resources and support for maintenance activities, organizing detailed planning.
• Confirm and enforce strict adherence to Maintenance Operating System processes, reviewing progress and requiring accountability for goals and objectives.
• Ensure full department compliance with all government, industry, and corporate environmental standards.

You'Ll Have...

•  5 years in maintenance and/or engineering
•  Some experience in production
•  In depth experience in assembly manufacturing processes
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact with all employees in the organization
• Strong working knowledge of the Ford Production System
• Strong communication and problem solving skills, including working knowledge of Six Sigma
•  Demonstrated ability to work as a team
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead, empower and develop employees
• Demonstrated conflict management skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organization skills
•  Ability to work closely and successfully with others in order to deliver results
• Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in ONE FORD leadership behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

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 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 Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grades 6, 7 and 8.  

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.

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