STA Site Manager - Battery

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Back-up child care

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced High Voltage battery manufacturing professional to lead a skilled team of engineers and work with our supplier base to ensure quality products for Ford. You will be the main point of contact for quality, capacity and program launches.

You’ll drive containment and resolution of issues from design reviews through production, evaluate supplier capacity, and guide teams toward six-sigma quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering; Electrical or Chemical Engineering preferred.
• 3–5 years minimum managing an engineering team with delivery experience.
• On-site launch leadership at supplier sites and Ford plants.
• Excellent verbal & written communication; strong leadership and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier launch readiness assessments and ensure milestones are met; drive quick resolutions when issues arise.
• Lead engineering teams to containment and resolution of issues from design reviews through production builds; uphold high sigma quality.
• Review supplier process documentation for failure modes and controls; coach teams to meet expectations.
• Evaluate supplier and sub-supplier capacity and prepare for launches.
• Drive cross-functional discussions with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and quality teams.
• Analyze supplier capability data and drive continuous quality improvements using statistical tools.
• Develop a team of engineers with technical and process aptitude.
• Ensure issues are transparent and risks are mitigated; communicate with senior/executive management.

Skills

Leadership

Supplier management

Quality control

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering

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.

The Ford Purchasing team adds critical value to the entire organization. You’ll help us source the highest quality parts and services from around the globe while ensuring optimal cost and on-time delivery. You’ll also contribute to establishing a robust supply chain so that we can continually produce the vehicles our customers want.

In this position...

Ford Motor Company is looking for an experienced High Voltage battery manufacturing professional to lead a skilled team of technical engineers and work with our supply base to ensure quality products are produced for Ford. In this position you will act as the main point of contact for quality, capacity, and program launch between Ford and our supply base.

What you will do...

• Manage supplier launch readiness assessments and ensure compliance to launch milestones, identify issues and drive the teams to quick resolution.
• Drive engineering teams towards containment and resolution of issues raised from design reviews, pre builds, and production build events to protect the level of 6 sigma quality required in the high voltage battery space.
• Review supplier process documentation for proper failure modes and controls. Teaching and coaching required when expectations are not met or implemented.
• Evaluate capacity at suppliers and sub-suppliers.
• Drive cross-functional discussions with teams including purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and quality.
• Analyze supplier capability data and drive continuous improvements to quality utilizing statistical tools.
• Develop a team of engineers for technical and process aptitude.
• Ensure issues are transparent and risks are identified and proactively ensure that risk mitigating actions are ongoing within relevant engineering teams. Position requires effective communication to senior and executive level management.

You’ll have...

Minimum

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in engineering. Electrical or Chemical Engineering preferred, related fields are also considered. Battery or electrical systems experience preferred.
• 3-5 years minimum managing an engineering team with proven track record & delivery of results.
• Experience with on-site launch leadership and delivery at supplier sites and Ford Assembly Plants.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Strong leadership behaviors with good collaborative decision-making skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required, up to 80% of work week
• Ability to build strong working relationships with all stakeholders including program teams, purchasing, manufacturing, other STA groups & suppliers.

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.

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