Ford Motor Company

Employee Relations & Threat Investigator (Manufacturing)

Ford Motor Company • $99K — $166K *
Dearborn, MI 48126Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 3+ years of investigative experience in corporate security, human resources, or law enforcement
  • Strong skills in interviewing, crisis de-escalation, and emotional intelligence
  • Meticulous report-writing and documentation abilities

Responsibilities

  • Investigate threat and assault allegations within manufacturing and parts distribution
  • Exhibit sound judgment in recommending outcomes for investigations
  • Analyze behavior to identify concerning situations
  • Partner with HR, Labor Relations, and Security for case handling
  • Prepare and maintain investigation documentation
  • Develop and implement investigation plans
  • Drive timely closure of open cases

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
  • Tuition assistance
  • Active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for community service
  • Generous paid holiday schedule including the week between Christmas and New Year
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
Our team is part of the incredible transformation underway at Ford Motor Company and you'll have a chance to be a part of that movement. We are seeking an investigator with a passion for safety, employee relations, and conducting robust investigations in a dynamic environment who appreciates the important role employee relations professionals play in supporting our values and culture and will carry out duties with the highest integrity.

This role requires the investigator to be in the plant at least four days per week, for various shifts. Travel outside of Michigan may occasionally be required to assist other facilities across the United States.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Investigate threat and assault allegations within manufacturing and parts distribution. Additionally, this position may be required to investigate other workplace issues raised through internal Company channels and some externally filed complaints, including complaints of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other violations of Company policy
  • Exhibit sound judgment in recommending outcomes for investigations
  • Analyze behavior to identify concerning and potentially escalating situations
  • Partner with Human Resources, Labor Relations, and the Security team to ensure proper handling and disposition of these cases involving union represented and salaried employees
  • Work with various Company functions, operating committee members, the Office of the General Counsel, and outside counsel on related issues
  • Prepare, track, and maintain appropriate investigation documentation
  • Develop and implement investigation plans
  • Drive timely closure of open cases/concerns
  • Manage employee data and statements in a highly confidential manner
  • Draft concise and clear investigation reports
  • Partner cross functionally on investigations, discipline, performance management, and other aspects of employee relations
  • Serve as a strategic partner, promoting ethical, compliant, and safe behavior that is aligned with company policy and government regulations, with fair and equal treatment for the workforce
  • Support grievance, arbitration and litigation process from an investigations standpoint
  • Analyze case activity and determine trends/recommendations for proactive actions
  • Foster an effective, inclusive work environment/culture and relationships, balancing employee advocacy with stewardship of company goals and values


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 3+ years of investigative experience, corporate security, human resources investigations, or law enforcement
  • Strong objective interviewing, crisis de-escalation, emotional intelligence, threat assessment, meticulous report-writing and documentation.

Even better, you may have...
  • Prior experience in a manufacturing and/or complex multi facility environment with a unionized workforce
  • Prior experience specifically conducting threat and assault investigations
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced and matrixed work environment
  • Master's degree in related field
  • Certification or training in behavioral threat assessment/investigations
  • Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate leadership behaviors and integrity combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and oral /written communication skills
  • Involves occasional (defined as one-third or less of the time) lifting of no more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position and entails no significant stooping, standing, climbing, walking, etc. Many sedentary jobs require good use of the hands and fingers for repetitive hand-finger actions. Working conditions occur within low to moderate noise levels related to the use of standard office or classroom equipment.

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid 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.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: New Hire Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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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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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
* Ladders Estimates

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