Ford Motor Company

Joining Engineering Specialist (KTP)

Ford Motor Company • $72K — $162K *
Louisville, KY 40214In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Welding or Mechanical Engineering, or 2+ years of Welding and Joining experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 1+ year experience in Microsoft Office products.
  • Advanced Degree in related Engineering Field (preferred).
  • Previous automotive, weld engineering, and quality analysis experience (preferred).
  • Six Sigma Green/Black belt certified (preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to improve manufacturing processes and products.
  • Implement corrective actions to resolve quality issues using tools like 8D and 6 panel.
  • Manage statistical process control activities effectively.
  • Execute measurement systems analysis and variable data analysis.
  • Identify production variation sources efficiently.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for expedited concern resolution.
  • Review quality concerns to maintain quality and lead corrective actions and containment.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care, parental leave, and subsidized back-up childcare.
  • Family building benefits including reimbursement for adoption and fertility treatments.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.
  • Tuition assistance.
  • Established and active employee resource groups.
  • Paid time off for community service and a generous paid holiday schedule.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

You will apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products.
  • Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D tool, 6 panel, etc.
  • Manage and direct statistical process control activities.
  • Knowledge of and ability to execute measurement systems analysis & variable data analysis.
  • Identify sources of variation within a production environment effectively and efficiently.
  • Support expedited concern resolution with cross functional teams including the Quality Dept, Production, and Suppliers.
  • Review incoming quality concerns to maintain quality with assigned area; experience with initiating containment, determining root cause and implementing corrective actions.
  • Develop and manage joining techniques, materials, and technologies
  • Apply knowledge of joining technology, equipment controllers, and weld gun design and evaluation techniques.
  • Execute and verify joining processes and procedures.
  • Implement the joining certification strategy.
  • Understand joining schedule development.
  • Implement joining control plans and requirements.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's Degree in Welding or Mechanical engineer or 2+ years of Welding and Joining experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 1+ year experience in Microsoft Office products

Even better, you may have...
  • Advanced Degree in related Engineering Field
  • Previous automotive, weld engineering, and quality analysis experience.
  • Six Sigma Green/Black belt certified.
  • Successful candidate should be able to demonstrate leadership in One FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, team building, and communication skills

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, 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.


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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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
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