Global Industrial Engineer

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

7h • $86,600 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of Ford Motor Company's Manufacturing team, the Global Industrial Engineer helps develop and implement technologies, processes, tools, and standards that improve manufacturing efficiency. The role supports forward-model and capacity planning, labor optimization, plant layouts and rebalances, time studies, throughput improvements, and program launches across manufacturing areas including Stamping, Body, Paint, and Final. The scope may include Assembly and Stamping in North America. The position requires domestic travel (10%) and is hybrid, with a requirement to be onsite 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; travel is required at 10%.

Responsibilities

• Support forward-model and capacity studies at all milestones, including direct and indirect labor in Stamping, Body, Paint, and Final.
• Lead new-model labor optimization to achieve labor targets through internal and external benchmarking, target setting, tracking process changes, and replicating improvements across programs.
• Support cycle-line layout planning and virtual build events through future-model operator allocations and time studies; work with plants on 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-standard 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 childcare.
• 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 the period between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.

What This Job Offers

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