Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Ford Ford · Auto · Sterling Heights, MI +1 · Manufacturing

This role is for a Senior Maintenance Supervisor at Ford, focusing on leading an hourly team in a manufacturing environment. Key responsibilities include ensuring workplace safety, driving operational excellence, strategic problem-solving, team leadership and development, data-driven decision making, continuous improvement, conflict resolution, and collaboration. Requires fundamental knowledge of PLC logic and controls, and ability to troubleshoot robot and automation issues.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as a champion of workplace safety, proactively enforcing regulations and fostering a culture of vigilance
  2. Lead and direct a team of employees that consistently makes high-quality products and meets or exceeds production targets. You will take ownership of team performance, addressing shortcomings proactively and celebrating successes.
  3. Prioritize critical tasks and effectively allocate human resources to maximize efficiency. You will apply for a "Bias for Action," promptly and decisively addressing safety and quality issues to prevent larger problems. This includes identifying and analyzing problems, developing and implementing effective solutions, making timely and well-informed decisions, and adapting to changing circumstances.
  4. Embrace a servant leadership style, focusing on building high performing, winning teams and investing in their growth. You will foster a positive and collaborative work environment, motivating your team to achieve shared goals.
  5. Utilize data and insights to strike down downtime and quality defects, driving quantifiable improvements in efficiency and quality. This includes meticulously tracking and reporting employee time and attendance, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence for strategic decision-making and continuous improvement.

Skills

Required

  • Supervisory experience
  • Manufacturing experience
  • PLC logic and controls
  • Robot and automation troubleshooting

Nice to have

  • Lean / Six Sigma methodology
  • Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP)

What the JD emphasized

  • Safety First
  • Driving Operational Excellence
  • Strategic Focus & Problem Solving
  • Team Leadership & Development
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Continuous Improvement & Quality Assurance
  • Conflict Resolution & Interpersonal Relationships
  • Accountability & Fairness
  • Collaboration
  • Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
  • Knowledge and ability to troubleshoot robot and other automation issues