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.
As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.
**In this position... **
Apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products.
What you'll do...
- Scheduling and Time Tracking: Building shifts, handling shift-swapping, managing employee time cards and monitoring hours to manage labor costs.
- Task Delegation: Assigning specific daily duties, CMM room planning and ensuring workers have the tools they require.
- Performance and Coaching: Providing ongoing, actionable feedback to improve speed, accuracy, and customer service.
- Responsible for leading QOS initiatives within the production department.
- Review with production team leaders and Process Coaches quality issues and be the point of contact with other departments such as Machining, Quality and MP&L.
- Coordinate during quality concerns containment actions, dock holds, special checks to eliminate any impact to customer.
- Keep traceability records regarding quality actions for future reference.
- Manage quality documentation on FTT, 8Ds, Scrap, Dock Holds, Dock Audit, etc.
- Participate in Quality and Contamination audits.
- Prepare standard reports for Quality reviews within the plant and with other areas."
- Review rejected parts for quality integrity and decide next steps.
- Lead cross functional team initiatives in quality to achieve no faults forward / zero defects.
- Lead 8D resolution of Warranty and VO concerns working together with Quality, MP&L, Machining and VO.
- Coordinate Green and Black Belt projects within the department.
- Work with QLSCM, Quality Works, OBL, CDCII and other required systems
- Document and control error proofing checks, internal checks, and additional containments.
- Participate in interplant benchmarking exercises
- Actively participate in Simultaneous Engineering meetings, Forward Planning and Product Design to ensure MTC process is followed.
- Apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products
- Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D tool, 6 panel, etc.
- Manage and direct statistical process control activities
- Knowledge of and ability to execute measurement systems analysis & variable data analysis
- Establish and monitor quality target levels for each build
- Provide input for design and assembly concepts which will yield nominal variations
- Establish critical characteristics for gauging and measuring data collection methods
- Determine inspection equipment and facility requirements
- Support expedited concern resolution with cross functional teams including the Quality Department, Production and Suppliers
- Review internal/external suppliers for critical characteristics process compatibility
- Review incoming quality concerns to maintain quality with assigned area; must have experience with initiating containment, determining root cause and implementing corrective actions
- Complete PPAP’s and support new model launches
You'll have....
Education: High School Diploma
Experience:
- Experience in manufacturing engineering
- Demonstrated experience in accomplishing tasks and objectives
- Proven problem solving ability
- Six Sigma Green Belt certified
- Previous production supervision
- CMM, ATOS Blue Light Scanning, Creaform Hand Scanner, Polyworks basic knowledge
- Microsoft Office Knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)
Required Behaviors
- Outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
- Proven critical thinker and troubleshooter to deliver industry leading quality
- Highly committed to process improvement and innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset
- Strong curiosity and passionate about continuous learning
- Demonstrates inclusion and values diversity
- Perseveres through setbacks and disappointments to drive results
Even Better, you may have....
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field
- Experience: Previous automotive and Quality Engineering experience
- FMEA, PPAP, and DOE experience preferred
- Six Sigma: DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience preferred
- Ergonomic analysis knowledge and experience preferred
- Six Sigma Black Belt certified preferred
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
- 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.
This position is a salary grade 6- 7 and ranges from $72,480-141,360.
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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