Maintenance Supervisor (KTP)

Ford Motor • Louisville, KY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor is a leadership role responsible for translating strategic goals into daily execution while leading an hourly team. The supervisor shapes workplace culture, drives performance, and impacts the quality and efficiency of operations. The role emphasizes safety, operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality assurance, effective problem solving, and team development. The supervisor works collaboratively with team members, the union, management, suppliers, and other department stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 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 and / or Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).

Responsibilities

• Champion workplace safety by proactively enforcing regulations and fostering a vigilant safety culture.
• Lead and direct an hourly team to produce high-quality products and meet or exceed production targets; monitor performance, address shortcomings, and recognize successes.
• Prioritize tasks and allocate human resources to maximize efficiency; promptly address safety and quality issues and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Identify and analyze problems, develop and implement solutions, and make timely, well-informed decisions.
• Build high-performing teams through servant leadership, team development, motivation, and a positive, collaborative work environment.
• Use data to reduce downtime and quality defects and improve efficiency and quality; track and report employee time and attendance and use the resulting information to support decisions and continuous improvement.
• Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, improve processes, and drive innovation in productivity, quality, and safety.
• Implement and maintain rigorous quality standards and work to eliminate defects.
• Address and mediate conflicts fairly and effectively using active listening, empathy, and de-escalation; build positive working relationships through transparent communication.
• Promote accountability for performance, processes, and standards among self and hourly employees, and respond decisively to conflicts.
• Listen to and value the perspectives of team members and department stakeholders; partner with team members, the union, and management to drive 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.
• 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.
• 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