Battery Plant Production Leader

Ford; Marshall (MI); On-site; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care days

Paid parental leave

Back-up child care

Family building benefits

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Additional vacation purchasable

Job summary

Ford Motor Company invites you to join BlueOval Battery Park Michigan as a leadership-driven team builder on a ground-up manufacturing launch. You’ll assemble an agile group, apply lean principles, and deliver data-driven solutions that shape the future of electrified vehicles.

You’ll coach leaders, remove barriers, and partner across functions to meet ambitious KPIs while fostering a culture of trust, learning, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to travel (15% domestically and internationally).
• 5 years of manufacturing, engineering, or operations experience in leadership roles.
• 5+ years of managerial experience leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure manufacturing operating system standards are applied and standardized throughout the area.
• Create and coordinate work plans to ensure the team is maintaining production flow.
• Promote, support, and coach a continuous improvement mindset and activities in the team.
• Achieve business results by delivering key performance indicators to ensure objectives are met.
• Drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing principles.
• Motivate teams by leveraging technology and best-in-class manufacturing systems.
• Mentor, nurture, and develop teams to own working together, modeling the values and expected behaviors.
• Support teams by removing barriers to their success and developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Lead change efforts to construct and achieve manufacturing standards.
• Demonstrate empathy and embrace Gemba philosophy by engaging regularly with employees in production environments to listen and problem-solve.
• Champion the formation of the culture required to achieve the Vision, Mission, and Values to deliver performance objectives.
• Enable a culture of learning through demonstration of effective communication skills.
• Develop ‘leaders as teachers’ at all levels by ensuring all employees receive necessary training, coaching, and support to optimize performance and advance both the overall organization and themselves.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Data-driven solutions

Agile team leadership

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Change leadership

Mentoring/people development

Problem solving

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Ford Motor Company invites you to join BlueOval Battery Park Michigan as a leadership-driven team builder on a ground-up manufacturing launch. You’ll assemble an agile group, apply lean principles, and deliver data-driven solutions that shape the future of electrified vehicles.

You’ll coach leaders, remove barriers, and partner across functions to meet ambitious KPIs while fostering a culture of trust, learning, and continuous improvement.