Manager, Employee Relations & Threat Investigations

Ford Model e U.S.; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a leader to oversee Employee Relations and Threat Investigations across U.S. manufacturing and distribution sites. The role coordinates intake, triage, investigations and outcomes, ensuring fairness and prompt action.

Directs documentation, policy guidance, and cross-team collaboration with HR leadership. The position combines strategic oversight with hands-on leadership, including staffing decisions, discipline, and team development within a hybrid Dearborn, MI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• At least 8 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Investigative experience in corporate security, HR investigations, or law enforcement.
• Strong interviewing, crisis de-escalation, emotional intelligence, and threat assessment.
• Meticulous report-writing and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead intake, triage, investigation, and action determination for threat and assault cases across U.S. manufacturing and parts distribution sites.
• Oversee investigations and ensure performance and results; manage staffing, discipline, and pay decisions.
• Ensure fair, consistent, and timely resolution of complaints; collaborate with HR leadership.
• Maintain accurate case documentation and clear communications; provide policy guidance and compliance insights.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

8+ years

Investigative experience

Interviewer skills

Crisis de-escalation

Threat assessment

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

In this position...

This is a leadership role focused on keeping our manufacturing workforce safe. The Employee Relations and Threats Investigations Manager leads the intake, triage, investigation, and action determination of all threat and assault cases across U.S. manufacturing and parts distribution sites. This person makes sure every report gets addressed promptly, reviewed carefully, and handled appropriately.

The Manager leads the investigations and is responsible for their performance and results. They support the triage team by ensuring employee relations and threat complaints and related disciplinary matters are resolved fairly, consistently, and quickly. The role works closely with HR leadership and partners with other teams across the company. This person also oversees accurate case documentation, clear communication, and thorough investigations. This role understands labor agreements, spots trends in case data, and gives guidance on policy and compliance to help keep the workplace safe and fair. This role has management authority for staffing, performance, discipline, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions.

This role is hybrid and is based in Dearborn, Michigan. It requires being onsite at least 4 days a week. Some travel may be required.

You’ll have

• Bachelor's degree required, equivalent work experience may be considered.
• At least 8 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Investigative experience, corporate security, human resources investigations, or law enforcement
• Strong objective interviewing, crisis de-escalation, emotional intelligence, threat assessment, meticulous report-writing and documentation.

Even better, you may have

• Master's degree preferred, in a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience with a Master's degree.
• Experience leading and developing teams as both a direct and indirect leader.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing and/or complex multi facility environment with a unionized workforce
• Prior experience specifically conducting threat and assault investigations
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced and matrixed work environment
• Certification or training in behavioral threat assessment/investigations
• Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate leadership behaviors and integrity combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and oral /written communication skills
• Investigation and interviewing certification
• Threat assessment certification

Work Requirements

• Involves occasional (defined as one-third or less of the time) lifting of no more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position and entails no significant stooping, standing, climbing, walking, etc. Many sedentary jobs require good use of the hands and fingers for repetitive hand-finger actions. Working conditions occur within low to moderate noise levels related to the use of standard office or classroom equipment.

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, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.

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.