Ford Motor Company

Automation Engineering Specialist (LAP)

Ford Motor Company$72K — $162K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 1+ years of technical work experience in Manufacturing or OEM Tooling
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Automation, Controls, or Robotics Engineering (preferred)
  • Technical certification in Robot / Automation and Controls (preferred)
  • 3+ years of automotive experience (preferred)
  • 1+ years of experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook) (preferred)
  • Experience managing a unionized workforce (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Oversee production control systems and related systems
  • Conduct root cause analysis of downtime issues
  • Analyze equipment performance and improve efficiencies
  • Lead oversight of controls and automation, including indirect supervision of electrical trades
  • Work with engineering to launch new programs and optimize automation systems
  • Provide input for maintenance planning during weekends and shutdowns
  • Collaborate with Skilled Trades on modern solutions and technology innovation

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care and parental leave options
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
  • Tuition assistance for continued education
  • Active employee resource groups for community support
  • Paid time off for community service
  • Generous paid holidays including a week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day
  • Option to purchase additional vacation time
Full Job Description
Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

In this position...

You will have oversight over maintenance and engineering operations, optimizing the assembly process through the collaboration of skilled trades work groups.

What you'll do...
  • Oversee production controls systems and associated systems
  • Conduct root cause analysis of downtime issues to prevent recurrence (4D process)
  • Analyze equipment performance and work to improve efficiencies; actively participate in Constraint Review Process
  • Lead oversight of controls and automation to include:
    • Indirect supervision of electrical trades and electrical technicians supporting production and facilities operations.
    • Robot, Automation and controls changes associated with process tooling and equipment. Includes programming and logic changes.
  • Work with ME/PE to launch new programs or equipment, optimize Automation and Controls systems for process tooling
  • Provide input to MPS for weekend and shutdown maintenance planning
  • Work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends
  • Work collaboratively with Skilled Trades to create modern solutions and pursue new technologies


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • One or more years of technical work experience and troubleshooting in a Manufacturing or an OEM Tooling environment


Even better, you may have...
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Automation, Controls or Robotics Engineering
  • Technical certification in Robot / Automation and Controls
  • Three or more years of automotive experience
  • One or more years of experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)
  • Validated experience managing a unionized work force
  • Demonstrated skill with automotive controls and robotics


You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.


This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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