Team Manager, Maintenance, Ford Energy

Ford•Glendale, KY

21h•$115,500 - $218,100•Onsite

About The Position

As the Maintenance Team Manager, you will be a critical architect of reliability and technical excellence at our state-of-the-art facility. You will lead a high-performing team to ensure equipment uptime, optimize life-cycle costs, and drive the Maintenance Operating System (MOS). This role is pivotal in our transition to electrification, requiring a leader who can navigate the ambiguity of a greenfield startup while building a culture of "leaders as teachers" and technical precision.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.
3+ years of maintenance management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (Automotive, Aerospace, or Electronics preferred).
3+ years of experience utilizing Maximo or an equivalent Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.
Proven experience managing departmental budgets and large-scale capital projects.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams through complex equipment commissioning and high-pressure troubleshooting scenarios.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering or an MBA.
Direct experience with lithium-ion battery production equipment or advanced robotics.
3+ years of hands-on experience with PLC programming (e.g., Allen Bradley, Siemens) and industrial networking.
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification and a deep understanding of Lean Manufacturing/TPM.
Prior experience in a "Greenfield" site startup or major facility brownfield conversion.
Strategic Visionary: Able to translate the rapidly evolving global energy storage market into actionable maintenance strategies.
Decisive Under Pressure: The ability to remain calm and make rapid, data-driven decisions during facility constraints or critical equipment failures.
Adaptability: The resilience to lead a team through the ambiguity of a new site startup, where processes are being built and refined in real-time.
Business Partner: The ability to translate technical maintenance requirements into sound financial business cases for executive stakeholders
Visionary strategic thinker able to navigate rapidly evolving global energy storage markets.

Responsibilities

Design and execute equipment maintenance strategies (Preventive, Predictive, and Corrective) to ensure reliability meets or exceeds production capacity targets.
Direct the implementation of standard manufacturing maintenance protocols, ensuring data integrity within the CMMS (Maximo) and alignment with global standards.
Partner with Engineering to evaluate new equipment specifications, ensuring long-term maintainability and spare parts optimization from the design phase through installation.
Champion a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) culture, leveraging Six Sigma methodologies and PLC diagnostics to solve complex technical challenges and improve First-Time-Through (FTT) capability.
Formulate and manage multi-million dollar O&M budgets and capital projects, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with plant profitability.
Serve as the primary advocate for safety, ensuring all maintenance activities—especially high-risk electrical events—are performed with zero-compromise adherence to safety protocols.
Manage and mentor a multi-skilled team of engineers and technicians, fostering a "Leaders as Teachers" environment that prioritizes technical upskilling.
Recruit and develop a diverse, high-performing team capable of supporting advanced battery technology and automated manufacturing systems.
Create a culture of trust and psychological safety, encouraging diversity of thought and removing systemic barriers to team success.