Maintenance Supervisor

Ford Motor Company • Sterling Heights, MI

1d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Onsite

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is hiring a Maintenance Supervisor for its Manufacturing team. The position leads an hourly team and connects strategic goals with daily execution, shaping team culture and driving operational performance, quality, and efficiency. The supervisor promotes safety, production excellence, continuous improvement, and employee development while working collaboratively with team members, union representatives, suppliers, and management.

The role requires rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends. The position is salary grade 7, with a stated salary range of $86,600–$144,900. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3–7+ years of supervisory, manufacturing, military, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodology.
• Experience with the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).

Responsibilities

• Champion workplace safety by enforcing regulations and fostering a vigilant safety culture.
• Lead and direct employees to produce high-quality products and meet or exceed production targets; take ownership of team performance.
• Prioritize critical tasks and allocate human resources efficiently.
• Identify and analyze problems, develop and implement solutions, make timely decisions, and adapt to changing circumstances, including promptly addressing safety and quality issues.
• Build high-performing teams, support employee growth, and foster a positive, collaborative work environment.
• Use data and insights to reduce downtime and quality defects and improve efficiency and quality.
• Track and report employee time and attendance, and use the resulting data to support strategic decisions and continuous improvement.
• Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, improve processes, and drive innovation to enhance productivity, quality, and safety.
• Implement and maintain rigorous quality standards and work to eliminate defects.
• Address and mediate conflicts fairly, using active listening, empathy, and de-escalation to facilitate acceptable solutions.
• Build positive working relationships with employees and partners, including suppliers and union representatives, through transparent communication and listening.
• Promote accountability and fairness in the supervisor’s own performance and that of the hourly workforce.
• Collaborate with team members, the union, management, and other department stakeholders to pursue continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up 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.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• 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