Maintenance Supervisor (KTP)

Ford Motor Company • Louisville, KY

3d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor is a leadership role responsible for translating strategic goals into daily execution by leading an hourly team. The position shapes workplace culture, drives performance, and impacts operational quality and efficiency. The supervisor promotes workplace safety, leads operational performance, prioritizes tasks and allocates resources, addresses problems and implements solutions, and develops a collaborative, high-performing team. The role uses operational data to reduce downtime and quality defects, tracks and reports employee time and attendance, and drives continuous improvement, process efficiency, and quality assurance. It also involves resolving conflicts, maintaining positive relationships with employees, suppliers, union representatives, and management, and ensuring accountability and fair application of standards.

The position requires the ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends, and fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls. The position is onsite. The salary range is $86,600–$144,900. Visa sponsorship is not available; 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 culture of vigilance.
• Lead and direct an hourly team to produce high-quality products and meet or exceed production targets.
• Take ownership of team performance, address shortcomings proactively, and recognize successes.
• Prioritize critical tasks and allocate human resources to maximize efficiency.
• Identify and analyze problems, develop and implement solutions, make timely decisions, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Build high-performing teams and invest in employee growth through servant leadership.
• 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 data to support decision-making 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.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with the team, suppliers, union representatives, and other partners through transparent communication.
• Ensure accountability for processes and standards for both the supervisor and hourly workforce.
• Collaborate with team members, the union, management, and other department stakeholders to support continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, 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.
• 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