Maintenance Engineering Manager - Final

Ford; Wayne (MI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Team Manager – Maintenance & Engineering to lead maintenance operations in a high‑volume manufacturing setting. You will drive safety, reliability, productivity and continuous improvement while partnering with Manufacturing Engineering, Production and Skilled Trades to meet quality, cost and delivery goals.

You will build high-performing teams, develop robust maintenance processes, and manage budgets to balance safety, output and uptime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience plus significant technical training.
• 5+ years of maintenance, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations experience.
• Experience leading maintenance operations within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of assembly manufacturing processes and the Ford Production System.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Six Sigma and structured problem-solving tools (Global 8D/4D, Root Cause Analysis).
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions to achieve business results.

Responsibilities

• Lead Safe and Reliable Operations: Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and environmental standards.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Lead data-driven continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, throughput, and equipment performance.
• Optimize Cost and Performance: Manage departmental operating and maintenance budgets while controlling Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU).
• Develop High-Performing Teams: Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors and skilled trades employees.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety culture

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience

LEAN or Six Sigma certification

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world‑class, state‑of‑the‑art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

In this position...

As a Team Manager – Maintenance & Engineering, you will lead maintenance operations for a manufacturing area while driving safety, equipment reliability, productivity, and continuous improvement. You will develop high‑performing teams, optimize maintenance processes, and partner across Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and Skilled Trades to support world‑class quality, cost, and delivery objectives within the Ford Production System.

Responsibilities

What you'll do…

Lead Safe and Reliable Operations

• Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and environmental standards.
• Lead safety initiatives including construction safety, Arc Flash compliance, Pro-Tag implementation, and Pre-Task Analyses.
• Drive equipment reliability through standardized preventive and predictive maintenance strategies that maximize uptime and productivity.
• Ensure compliance with Maintenance Operating System standards and maintenance best practices.

Drive Operational Excellence

• Lead data-driven continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, throughput, and equipment performance.
• Identify production constraints, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent corrective actions using Global 8D/4D methodologies.
• Support launches and production start-ups by coordinating maintenance resources and ensuring equipment readiness.
• Monitor maintenance performance metrics and hold teams accountable for achieving operational objectives.

Optimize Cost and Performance

• Manage departmental operating and maintenance budgets while controlling Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU).
• Develop business cases and support capital and maintenance projects.
• Improve inventory management, spare parts utilization, repair and rebuild programs, and equipment maintainability.
• Balance maintenance priorities with production requirements to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and
• cost targets.

Develop High-Performing Teams

• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors and skilled trades employees.
• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.
• Communicate departmental goals, performance expectations, and policy deployment through SQDCPME and other operating routines.
• Partner with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and other cross‑functional teams to achieve plant objectives.

Qualifications

You'll have…

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience plus significant technical training.
• 5+ years of maintenance, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations experience.
• Experience leading maintenance operations within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of assembly manufacturing processes and the Ford Production System.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Six Sigma and structured problem‑solving tools (Global 8D/4D, Root Cause Analysis).
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop high‑performing teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions to achieve business

results.

Even Better You’ll Have…

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field)
• Demonstrated success leading through Ford's ONE FORD leadership behaviors.
• LEAN or Six Sigma certification.

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized back‑up childcare 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 leadership salary grade 6.

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 committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 67722
• Job Category Manufacturing
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 38303 Michigan Ave, Wayne, MI, 48184, US (On-site)