Global Industrial Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

15h • $86,600 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is hiring a Global Industrial Engineer as part of its Manufacturing team. The role supports forward-model and capacity studies across manufacturing areas, including Stamping, Body, Paint, and Final. It leads labor optimization for new models and supports cycle-line layout planning, virtual and physical build events, plant rebalances, line-speed changes, time studies, throughput issues, and program launches. The position may cover Assembly and Stamping in North America and requires domestic travel.

The engineer works with plants and cross-functional partners to improve labor efficiency, apply global industrial engineering processes, tools, and standards, and standardize methods and procedures. The role uses MODAPTS to measure work standards and maintains required industrial engineering documentation. The position is hybrid, with onsite work required four or more days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field of study.
• At least 5 years of Industrial Engineering or manufacturing operations experience.
• Ability to travel domestically; 10% travel is required.

Responsibilities

• Support forward-model and capacity studies at all milestones for direct and indirect labor in Stamping, Body, Paint, and Final.
• Lead new-model labor optimization to meet labor targets through benchmarking, target setting, tracking process changes, and replicating improvements across programs.
• Support cycle-line layout planning and virtual build events with future-model operator allocations and time studies.
• Work with plants to support physical build events and program launches.
• Minimize or offset labor impacts through labor blitzes, plant tasks and projects, and identification of design and process opportunities.
• Assist with operator allocations, cycle-line layouts, plant rebalances, line-speed changes, time studies, throughput issues, and launch support.
• Maintain and deliver required industrial engineering documentation, including Labor Glidepath, Program 1-Pager, Labor by Department, Plant Line Speed, and APT Assessment.
• Develop and document standardized methods and procedures for the organization.
• Drive and implement labor efficiency through deployment of global industrial engineering processes, tools, and standards.
• Work with plants to complete and evaluate time studies using MODAPTS as the work-standards measurement tool.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering, material handling, ergonomics, and plant personnel.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level