Body Facilities Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Leader to guide a new model development program from concept through final assembly. You will apply lean principles to ensure the highest quality and efficiency and lead tooling and facilities layouts in AutoCad.

Travel is up to 40–50% to North American assembly plants. A Bachelor’s in mechanical/manufacturing engineering and strong communication are required; AutoCad proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering (minimum).
• Proficiency in AutoCad with layouts focus.
• Willingness to travel 40–50% to North American plants.
• 1+ years of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program from concept to launch.
• Develop tooling and facilities master layouts based on product and process.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles to improve quality and throughput.
• Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds and resolve manufacturing issues.
• Interface with Design and Release, tool design, and facilities activities.
• Develop formal assembly process layouts in AutoCad.
• Lead facilities tooling specification, purchase, start-up, and commissioning at the site.
• Track open facilities, tooling, and process issues to closure; meet exit criteria.

Skills

Communication skills

Tooling experience

Virtual manufacturing tools

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/manufacturing engineering

Tools

AutoCad

Job description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world‑class, state‑of‑the‑art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

Role

In this key role, you will provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program – from initial concept through final assembly. This will involve the application of lean manufacturing principles to ensure the highest quality, most efficient processes and products possible. You will:

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program, beginning at initial concept through launch at the final assembly facility.
• Development of tooling and facilities master layouts based on product and process.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles.
• Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds.
• Drive resolution of manufacturing issues.
• Interface with Design and Release, tool design, and facilities activities.
• Develop formal assembly process layouts in AutoCad.
• Lead facilities tooling specification purchase, installation, start-up, and commissioning at the assembly site.
• Track all open facilities, tooling, and process issues and drive to closure including meeting all exit criteria deliverables - cycle time, throughput, workstation readiness, etc.
• Prepare management presentations.
• Drive quality, cost, layout, and labor improvements.
• Support new model launches. During launches, the position will require extensive travel, standing, and walking in a plant environment.
• Lead Cross‑functional coloborations with MP&L, Ford Land, Facilities Teams.
• Deliver cycle line layouts and work with the assembly plants to update master layouts based upon as‑builts.
• Operate in stressful situations within timing constraints
• Work with minimal direct supervision
• Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or an equivalent manufacturing engineering
• Proficient in AutoCad with a focus on layouts.
• Willingness to travel and support launch activities at our North American Assembly plants (USA, Canada & Mexico)
• Travel is required including co-location at a North American Assembly plant for 9 or more months depending on scale of vehicle launch.
• 1 or more years of Microsoft Office experience to include Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Up to 40-50% travel required
• Preferred Requirements:
• Solid background with virtual manufacturing tools and layouts
• Experience with tooling, process, quality, and or facility equipment in a production environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized back‑up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6-7 and ranges from $74,300-$144,900. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.