Senior Production Supervisor

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Production Supervisor is a supervisory leadership role at Ford Motor Company, supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunities for career progression. The role is responsible for delivering department scorecard objectives, managing production processes to maintain optimum conditions, and leading input stability to support change and transformation. Some employees in comparable roles may hold the title Senior Process Coach – Production.

The position leads frontline salaried and hourly team members, including assigning work and holding employees accountable in a union/UAW environment. It oversees performance and improvement across safety, quality, cost, attendance, throughput, labor, inventory, and production processes. The role requires the ability to work night, weekend, and rotating shifts as needed.

Ford describes its work as designing, manufacturing, and selling high-quality vehicles, with attention to customers, employees, the environment, and the community. The position is salary grade 6–7, with a stated salary range of $72,480–$141,360. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 2–3 years of experience as a lead or senior supervisor.
• Ability to work the night shift, as well as weekends and rotating shifts as needed.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to assign work to a unionized hourly workforce and hold employees accountable for daily work processes related to safety, quality, and throughput.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict-management skills.
• Ability to maintain professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
• Ability to communicate two ways and actively listen to hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and a customer-first mindset.
• Ability to create a culture of safety and implement workplace policies.
• Ability to administer a collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
• Values different opinions and is open to ideas and perspectives from others.
• Demonstrated One Ford leadership behaviors and strong interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Safety and quality experience.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification.
• Knowledge of constraint management principles.
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor frontline salaried and hourly team members to build capability and drive performance.
• Manage the skills matrix, including certifications and license renewals such as forklift, crane, and hazmat.
• Ensure consistent shift-handoff communication across shifts and crews.
• Resolve conflicts and manage team morale in a union/UAW environment.
• Set clear expectations and KPIs for attendance, quality, cost, and safety.
• Recognize and reinforce good performance as well as correct poor performance.
• Demonstrate One Ford leadership behaviors through interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.
• Manage labor costs, including overtime scheduling and control, and headcount-to-volume ratios.
• Control inventory and work in progress, monitor dock-to-dock time, and reduce reliance on premium freight.
• Apply lean tools, including 5S, standardized work, value stream mapping, and waste elimination.
• Optimize equipment and manpower utilization in running lean and identify opportunities to reduce RTO.
• Apply Ford Production System or equivalent lean production system principles.
• Apply OSHA and Ford safety standards, including forklift safety and pedestrian/vehicle separation.
• Lead incident investigations and root cause corrective action.
• Identify hazards through near-miss reporting, safety audits, and Gemba Walks.
• Lead safety talks and reinforce PPE and Vehicle Safety Procedure compliance.
• Apply root-cause problem-solving methods such as 5-Why and fishbone/Ishikawa.
• Use data-driven decision-making, including metrics tracking, trend analysis, and dashboards.
• Assign work to a unionized hourly workforce and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, and throughput processes.
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
• Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
• Support continuous improvement by applying innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.

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.
• Established and active 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
• Education Level: High school or GED