IT Engineer, Ford at BlueOval City

Ford Motor • Stanton, TN

21h • Onsite

About The Position

In this position... This is an Enterprise Technology operation-based role that supports the all-new Tennessee Truck Plant where the next generation Ford Truck will be built. This is an outstanding opportunity to be a member of the Site IT team and assist in redefining how site IT supports manufacturing for the future of Ford’s truck. As a member of the Plant IT team, you will be in hands on assisting and launching the plant in producing this very exciting and brand-new platform of vehicles for the NA consumer market. As part of the job responsibilities, you will interface and support IT across a broad host of Infrastructure & Applications that the plant uses to produce these exhilarating vehicles. The successful candidate will be working with a local team to provide support that includes technical troubleshooting, data analysis & problem resolution for the applications & infrastructure on the plant floor for Battery pack and Vehicle plant. Will contribute on leading various efforts to ensure all responsible manufacturing applications meet Ford’s productivity goals. You will also interface daily with all business departments in the plant, from assembly and industrial controls to quality and manufacturing / logistics. Pre-production builds will begin in late 2027 with full production late 2028.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Technology related.
• We are looking for recent graduate with college projects experience or at most 3 years related-work experience.
• Most important, people willing to learn with excellent work ethics and with high desire to make a difference.
• Resourceful, creative, self-driven.
• Ability to support a multi-shift, 24x7 operation

Responsibilities

• Support, launch, deploy all new systems required for the plant, End user Support, Applications from quality to production.
• Support a multi-shift operation in launch mode of a greenfield manufacturing plant.
• Work flexible hours and rotating schedule to support business processes (days, nights and or weekends/holidays) This role will primarily be day shift until 2027.
• Provide technical support (Manufacturing IT applications, infrastructure, operating systems, end-user-productivity tools) to plant business customers throughout the manufacturing plant
• Interface with corporate IT and business owners to prioritize improvement efforts
• Support Plant Floor Systems / PDO teams in resolving incidents; Provide triage and business continuity plans, support escalations, provide hands and feet to support teams and other global teams (i.e. DBA, Server Operations, Ops Control, Network Operations)
• Focus on the integration / long term maintenance of applications and hardware
• Assist site IT manager with managing assignments and workload
• Develop, maintain, and share, accurate support documentation
• Support local network equipment in a Cisco based environment
• Support local servers across both physical and virtual environments in a Windows and Linux based ecosystem
• Support FOT deployments and expansion efforts utilizing IIIOT, iOS, software-defined network, mobile, and Android based equipment.

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: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees