Body Facilities Engineer

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

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

Nice To Haves

• 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
• You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees