Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Ford Motor • Woodhaven, MI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 3+ years’ experience troubleshooting technical issues in a manufacturing environment

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• 3-5 years automotive experience
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Prior experience assigning work to unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following safety, quality, and throughput processes.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills
• Demonstrated multi-tasking, problem-solving, and conflict leadership skills.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
• Familiarity with constraint management principles
• Safety and Quality experience preferred.
• Microsoft Office knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)
• Fundamental understanding of PLC logic and controls
• Familiarity with FIS and Maximo
• Knowledge of both production and maintenance processes

Responsibilities

• Understand and consistently apply standard manufacturing operating systems.
• Validate and bridge operational needs as required to ensure the line is running safely, efficiently, and producing quality parts at rate.
• Cascade communication and provide team recognition.
• Establish and build Team Leader and Team Member capabilities.
• Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks.
• Handle basic administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents.
• Assign appropriate trades and engineering resources to maintain production equipment for continuous operation.
• Participate in MOS meetings to write and finalize Maximo 4Ds for equipment failures.
• Identify spare parts and preventive maintenance job plans for new equipment, and review effectiveness for existing job plans.
• Improve existing maintenance job plans based on failures, feedback from skilled trades and engineering team.
• Promote and ensure constant improvement in the organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure.
• Ensure department follows government/industry safety and quality standards.
• Synchronize resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-up.
• Facilitate start-up/shift to shift meetings.
• Initiate constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate the bottlenecks.
• Establish the goal of maximizing equipment efficiency to improve productivity.
• Review/approve PM activities by ensuring spare parts availability.
• Review department safety measurables and coordinate improvement activities
• Drive continuous improvement and SQDCPME processes.
• Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• 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
• A generous schedule of 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
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees