Battery Equipment Deployment Lead - Ramp & Scale-Up

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 115,500 - 218,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Family care days

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in the United States is seeking a Manufacturing Program Supervisor to lead the deployment of battery cell manufacturing equipment in Marshall, Michigan. You will own the full lifecycle from tooling installation through stable, high‑volume production, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule targets.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with equipment installation, commissioning and qualification in high‑volume plants and a track record of driving ramp‑up and process

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in manufacturing projects and teams.
• Experience driving equipment installation, commissioning, and qualification.
• Proven ability to manage complex programs with safety, quality, cost and schedule targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead all site activities related to equipment installation, commissioning, qualification and handover to operation team.
• Own commissioning execution, including dry runs, safety validation, and final acceptance testing.
• Drive equipment qualification processes, ensuring capability, throughput, yield, and quality targets are achieved before production release.
• Lead production ramp-up planning and execution, establishing structured ramp methodologies to achieve rate, yield, and OEE targets.
• Oversee equipment re-tooling, upgrades, and optimization initiatives to support product changes, capacity increases, or performance improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional readiness across engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, facilities, and EHS to ensure seamless start-of-production.
• Manage equipment vendors and installation contractors through installation, commissioning, and post-launch stabilization.
• Track and manage key ramp KPIs including throughput, yield, scrap, uptime, cycle time, and MTBF/MTTR.
• Identify technical risks early and implement mitigation plans to protect launch timing and performance targets.
• Establish documentation standards, change management processes, and lessons learned to support future scalable manufacturing programs.
• Provide regular program updates on schedule, budget, risks, and ramp performance to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Ford Motor Company in the United States is seeking a Manufacturing Program Supervisor to lead the deployment of battery cell manufacturing equipment in Marshall, Michigan. You will own the full lifecycle from tooling installation through stable, high‑volume production, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule targets.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with equipment installation, commissioning and qualification in high‑volume plants and a track record of driving ramp‑up and process