Lead Production Supervisor Manufacturing

Ford • Kansas City, MO

3d

About The Position

At Ford Motor Company, we are dedicated to designing, manufacturing and selling high quality vehicles that meet the diverse needs of our customers. We believe our employees and the different perspectives that they bring to the business are the driving force behind our success. Come discover a company that is focused on the quality of our vehicles, the environment, the community and the world in which we live.

Position Duties:
Drive safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People, Maintenance, and Environmental issues by understanding and consistently applying standard manufacturing operating system processes. Validate and bridge operational needs to ensure the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• 1-2 years technical work experience and troubleshooting in a Manufacturing environment
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
• Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• 3-5 years automotive experience
• Body shop/stamping/paint/subassembly experience preferred
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
• Knowledge of constraint management principles
• Safety and Quality experience preferred
• Microsoft Office knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)
• Prior experience managing a unionized work force
• CNC machining experience (PTO specific)
• Helium leak stand experience (PTO specific)

Responsibilities

• Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
• Review department safety metrics and coordinate improvement activities
• Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.)
• Devise and implement strategy to tighten tolerances within specifications for fit, form and functionality
• Coordinate the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups
• Facilitate start-up/shift-to-shift meetings
• Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the manufacturing engineering organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure
• Monitor, control, and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU)
• Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives: meet or beat schedule
• Manage and support material control (spare part inventory), repair and rebuild programs, and reliability and maintainability reviews
• Supervise salaried employees
• Build Team Leaders’ and Team Members’ capabilities; mentor subordinates
• Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
• Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s)
• Integrate the maintenance plan into total department business plan
• Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan
• Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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
• Education Level: High school or GED