Job Description
Senior Process Coach Engineer, Maintenance, Ford at BlueOval City, Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center
Stanton, TN, United States (On-Site)
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Introduction to Blue Oval City
Ford is investing $5.6 billion to build its state-of-the art manufacturing facilities at Blue Oval City in West Tennessee. The Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center (TEVC) will produce the next generation electric trucks, with production beginning in 2025. On 3,600 acres, we are building our first mega campus in more than a generation – and it's electric. This brand-new facility will use Ford's 100-years of automobile manufacturing expertise and will be among the largest automotive manufacturing campus in U.S. history. Like the iconic Rouge complex in Michigan, done a century earlier, Blue Oval City will usher in a new era for American manufacturing and will harness Ford's global manufacturing expertise and innovative technologies. Blue Oval City embodies the transformational Ford+ plan for growth and value creation in combining existing strengths and new capabilities. Blue Oval City aspires to have 100% renewable energy, zero waste to landfill and reusing water to help make sure our planet is in it for the long haul.
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At Ford Motor Company, we are taking our Maintenance Supervisors to the next level. Some of these talented employees have the title of 'Senior Process Coach Engineer - Maintenance' and are the drivers of standardization and continuous improvement in the Ford Production System. Responsibilities What you'll do… Drive SQCDPME 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 - Serve as maintenance liaison for launch-related Pro-Tag and 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 salaried employees - 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 - 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: Bachelor's degree 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 Ability to work independently with limited supervision Capable of assigning work to 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 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+ years automotive experience 2+ years' experience with DC torque tools in an automated assembly environment 3+ years in a Lean Manufacturing facility 3+ years' experience maintaining material handling robots in an automated assembly environment Led constraint management projects 2+ years' experience leading Safety and Quality initiatives 2+ years' experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook) 3+ years' experience managing an hourly 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:
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