Process Control Team Lead, Automotive Manufacturing

Jobtailor; Dearborn (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Process Control leader to drive global manufacturing-engineering initiatives across strategy, process, and plant implementation. You will oversee PFMEAs, control plans, and significant/critical characteristics, aligning quality with product development and plant feasibility.

You will build cross-functional relationships with Product Development, Quality, and VME teams while guiding procurement, tooling upgrades, and SOWs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Automotive Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or Product Development.
• Deep understanding of APQP, including Control Plans, DFMEA, PFMEA, and Significant/Critical Characteristics.
• Proven experience bridging vehicle design/engineering and plant-floor manufacturing feasibility.
• Willingness to travel for North American Assembly Plant installations and execution.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Preferred: hands-on experience developing, procuring, and installing advanced Vision Systems and Error-Proofing tools.
• Preferred: extensive automotive final assembly plant experience, including tooling installations and launch cycles across multiple facilities.
• Preferred: experience writing Statements of Work, evaluating supplier quotes, and managing external tooling suppliers.
• Preferred: ability to negotiate complex quality issues across PD, Quality, VME, and VO.
• Preferred: project management experience tracking multiple complex workstreams across geographic locations.
• Preferred: knowledge of Ford systems including FEDE, WERS, GSPAS/APT, Teamcenter, E2KS/Auros, and AIS.
• Preferred: experience working effectively under stressful conditions and aggressive timing constraints.
• Preferred: experience developing or managing Power BI or similar data visualization dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a dedicated Process Control Team within Global Manufacturing Engineering across Strategy/Process and Plant Implementation workstreams
• Review Significant and Critical Characteristics from Product Development to enhance Control Plans
• Provide strategic engineering recommendations and determine design or tooling enablers for enhanced control methods
• Direct updates to Control Plans and review PFMEAs for alignment with quality documents
• Lead cross-functional reviews with Product Development, Quality, and VME stakeholders
• Drive interim versus permanent control strategies and secure signed exceptions for interim actions
• Oversee creation, auditing, and updating of PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Process Sheets
• Deliver executive-level report-outs on risk-reduction metrics and project status
• Support real-time data visualization dashboards tracking progress across facilities
• Guide development of action plans and Statements of Work for process-control tooling
• Support supplier quote acquisition, funding, and tooling-upgrade requisitions across North American Vehicle Operations plants
• Lead onsite execution of interim containment solutions and permanent controls
• Deploy engineers to supervise installation of equipment, vision systems, error-proofing systems, and smart tools
• Coordinate labor estimates, operations updates, and installation and operationalization of tooling and software
• Establish validation criteria with plant operations and IT teams
• Develop long-term sustainment plans with plant maintenance and operations

Skills

Automotive Manufacturing Engineering

APQP

Control Plans

PFMEA

Vision Systems

Power BI

Teamcenter

Data Visualization

Project Management

Cross-Functional Leadership

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or related field)

Tools

Power BI

FEDE

WERS

GSPAS/APT

Teamcenter

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Process Control leader to drive global manufacturing-engineering initiatives across strategy, process, and plant implementation. You will oversee PFMEAs, control plans, and significant/critical characteristics, aligning quality with product development and plant feasibility.

You will build cross-functional relationships with Product Development, Quality, and VME teams while guiding procurement, tooling upgrades, and SOWs.