Sta Engineer - Vo Resident (lap)

Ford Ford · Auto · Louisville, KY +1 · Supply Chain

This role focuses on improving supplier quality and driving down reject rates within Ford's manufacturing operations. It involves leading process improvement initiatives, managing supplier containment failures, and acting as a liaison between manufacturing and supplier quality teams to resolve warranty concerns and prevent stop shipments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead Critical Supplier Process to drive Supplier Quality Reject (QR) performance improvement.
  2. Participate in Whiteboard reviews and assigned sub-system VRT (Variability Reduction Team) meetings. Drive resolution of external supplier process -1MIS and 0MIS warranty concerns.
  3. Support QR procedures by supporting concern binning, reviewing threshold QRs, and providing support for QR Dispute resolution. Assist the Incoming Quality (IQ) department with non-responsive suppliers.
  4. Coordinate part quality confirmation process for suppliers with repetitive containment failure.
  5. Lead containment of special-cause supplier process -1MIS and 0MIS BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or equivalent technical / manufacturing aptitude
  • 2+ years of Plant Manufacturing experience
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes
  • Knowledge of problem-solving tools
  • Ability to develop and present materials to senior leadership with short timelines

Nice to have

  • Experience leading multiple complex assignments with demanding timelines
  • Experience in electrical, wiring, electronics module
  • Quality experience
  • Strong communication and team building