Engineering Supervisor – Industrial

Ford • Avon Lake, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

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...

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering
• Experience: 3-5 years’ experience
• Must possess the ability to analyze and resolve issues quickly through route cause analysis and drive change back to the production departments.
• Must have the necessary skill set to have job placement flexibility and the expectation to rotate to various positions within the plant such as Production or Quality
• Must display strong customer orientation with a commitment to upholding plant processes through strict adherence to the Quality Operating System.
• Must demonstrate the ability to execute to achieve results, while organizing and managing multiple priorities
• Must have a proven willingness to take a participatory approach to union relations and be a team player
• Must have the ability to serve as a strong and confident technical mentor to the production organization (both hourly and salary)
• Must have strong written and verbal communications skills

Nice To Haves

• MODAPTS Certification
• GSPAS knowledge
• Microsoft Office experience

Responsibilities

• Lead IEs and support production to develop productivity proposals (rebalances, OLOT reduction, throughput improvements).
• Lead ergonomics improvement and problem solving through IE actions Lead work station set up and optimization
• Implement engineering changes that affect the work station and allocations.
• Supervise/coach IEs with time study schedules (e.g., MODAPTS) Interface with union/works council and Health and Safety to settle job disputes and ergonomic issues
• Lead headcount cost savings projects
• Supervise monthly tracking of progress in VPOS
• Lead cycle line layout
• Supervise planning for mix and line speed changes
• Lead/manage departmental rolls analysis for weekly manpower meeting to ensure proper labor staffing and strategy
• Lead future model labor development (design, cycle line layouts, future model allocations)
• Serve as resource for plant IE training/assistance

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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