Sme Vehicle Environmental Regulatory Planning

Ford Ford · Auto · Allen Park, MI +1 · Environmental & Safety Compliance

This role focuses on vehicle environmental regulatory planning and compliance within Ford's Sustainability, Environment & Safety group. The individual will work with regulatory authorities, develop policy positions on various environmental and chemical substance regulations, forecast future requirements, and collaborate with internal cross-functional teams to ensure product stewardship and source reduction obligations are met. The role requires expertise in areas like battery recycling, chemical substances of concern, emissions, and EV standards.

What you'd actually do

  1. Enhance our relationships with regulatory personnel and other key stakeholders so that Ford is viewed with a high level of trust and integrity.
  2. Develop the company's policy positions and responses to proposed regulations and legislation dealing with:
  3. Forecast and communicate future regulatory requirements to support Ford’s cycle plan development.
  4. Provide regulatory and technical input to the company on vehicle environmental and energy issues.
  5. Develop and maintain deep expertise on regulations and standards related to packaging and traction battery extended producer responsibility obligations for the automotive sector, substances of concern reporting and source reduction, including PFAS.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, public policy, or equivalent experience.
  • Positive problem-solving attitude and conflict resolution skills.
  • 3+ years in regulatory compliance or a related field
  • Ability to collaborate and connect cross-functionally to implement new transformative and improved processes.
  • Strong communication and cross-functional networking skills.
  • Strong decision-making skills and resolve to raise issues to the right people at the right time.
  • Ability to critically evaluate data and regulatory requirements to make key decisions.
  • Ability to travel.

Nice to have

  • Strong basis of understanding of Ford’s processes (technology development, product development, design validation and verification, vehicle operations and potential defect investigations).
  • Experience in extended producer responsibility compliance and/or chemical substance reporting for complex durable goods.

What the JD emphasized

  • regulatory compliance
  • product stewardship
  • source reduction