Process Control Team Supervisor-Manufacturing Engineering

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford is establishing a new Process Control Team within its Global Manufacturing Engineering organization to develop and implement next-generation process control strategies across Vehicle Operations plants. The team’s goal is to improve quality and protect customers through immediate interim solutions and long-term permanent controls. The supervisor will build and lead engineers across Process and Strategy and Plant Implementation workstreams, advancing Ford’s goal of becoming an automotive quality leader.

The role covers enhancing Control Plans and related quality documents, coordinating cross-functional engineering reviews, and setting interim and permanent control strategies. It also involves developing and executing plant action plans for new tooling, securing funding, overseeing installations, validating systems, and establishing sustainment plans with plant personnel. The position is hybrid and requires onsite work four or more days per week, with travel as needed to North American assembly plants.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or related Engineering field.
• At least 5 years of experience in Automotive Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or Product Development.
• Deep understanding of APQP, including Control Plans, DFMEA, PFMEA, and management of Significant and Critical Characteristics.
• Proven experience bridging vehicle design or engineering and plant-floor manufacturing feasibility.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support North American assembly plant installations and execution.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience developing, procuring, and installing advanced vision systems, such as laser profiling and camera systems, and error-proofing tools, such as PLC-integrated smart tooling and force-gauge tools.
• Extensive experience in automotive final assembly plants, including tooling installations and launch cycles across multiple facilities.
• Experience writing Statements of Work, evaluating supplier quotes, and managing external tooling suppliers.
• Strong executive presence and ability to negotiate complex quality issues across Product Development, Quality, VME, and VO.
• Exceptional project-management skills, including tracking multiple complex workstreams across geographic locations.
• Knowledge of Ford systems including FEDE, WERS, GSPAS/APT, Teamcenter, E2KS/Auros, and AIS.
• Effectiveness in stressful situations with aggressive timing constraints.
• Experience developing or managing data-visualization dashboards, such as Power BI, to track multi-site project lifecycles and executive KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Review Significant and Critical Characteristics cascaded by Product Development and recommend engineering changes or tooling enablers for enhanced control methods.
• Direct updates to Control Plans and oversee reviews of core PFMEAs to ensure alignment with foundational quality documents.
• Lead cross-functional reviews with Product Development, Quality, VME, and other stakeholders; align on control methods and assign responsible parties for actions.
• Drive interim and permanent control strategies, securing signed exceptions for interim actions and developing robust permanent solutions.
• Oversee auditing, creation, and ongoing updates of core PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Process Sheets.
• Provide executive-level reports to senior leadership on risk-reduction metrics and project status.
• Support development of real-time data visualization dashboards to track progress across facilities.
• Guide development of action plans and Statements of Work for process-control tooling with VME core, ATP, and suppliers.
• Support supplier quote acquisition and collaborate with Financial Analysts to secure funding and prepare tooling requisitions for North American Vehicle Operations plants.
• Lead on-site execution of interim containment solutions and permanent controls.
• Deploy engineers to supervise installation of equipment, vision systems, error-proofing systems, and smart tools alongside plant personnel.
• Coordinate with Industrial Engineering to obtain labor estimates and update operations for installation and operationalization of tooling and software.
• Partner with plant operations and IT to define validation criteria and ensure new equipment operates as intended with minimal production disruption.
• Work with plant maintenance and operations to develop sustainment plans and equip local personnel to manage and maintain upgraded systems.
• Build and lead an engineering team across Process and Strategy and Plant Implementation workstreams.

Benefits

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