Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Ford Motor Company • Sterling Heights, MI

23h • $99,100 - $166,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior Maintenance Supervisor for its Manufacturing team. This leadership role connects strategic goals with daily execution by leading an hourly team and supporting a safe, collaborative, and high-performing workplace. The supervisor drives operational performance, product quality, and efficiency while developing employees and promoting continuous improvement. The role involves using data to reduce downtime and defects, managing employee time and attendance, addressing safety and quality concerns, resolving conflicts, and working with team members, union representatives, suppliers, and management. Candidates must be able to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent seven or more 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

• Lead an hourly team and foster an environment where employees can do their best work and feel empowered.
• Champion workplace safety by proactively enforcing regulations and fostering vigilance.
• Direct employees to produce high-quality products and meet or exceed production targets; address performance shortcomings and recognize successes.
• Prioritize critical tasks and allocate human resources to maximize efficiency.
• Promptly address safety and quality issues, analyze problems, develop and implement solutions, make timely decisions, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Build high-performing teams, invest in 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 pursue defect elimination.
• Address and mediate conflicts fairly, using listening, empathy, and de-escalation to facilitate solutions.
• Build positive working relationships with employees and partners, including suppliers and union representatives, through transparent communication.
• Manage personal and hourly workforce accountability for processes and standards, and respond decisively to conflicts.
• Listen to and value team members' and stakeholders' perspectives; partner with team members, the union, and management to improve operations.

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.
• 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: Senior