Ford Motor Company

Maintenance Engineering Manager - Final

Ford Motor Company • $110K — $130K *
Wayne, MI 48184In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience plus significant technical training.
  • 5+ years of experience in maintenance, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations.
  • Proven leadership in maintenance operations within high-volume manufacturing.
  • Strong understanding of assembly manufacturing processes and the Ford Production System.
  • Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of Six Sigma and structured problem-solving tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

  • Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with safety standards.
  • Drive equipment reliability through effective maintenance strategies.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality and throughput.
  • Identify production constraints and implement corrective actions using methodologies.
  • Coordinate maintenance resources for production launches and ensure equipment readiness.
  • Manage operating budgets and control Maintenance Cost Per Unit.
  • Develop teams by fostering accountability, teamwork, and employee engagement.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care and parental leave programs.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.
  • Tuition assistance for further education.
  • Generous paid time off including holidays and community service.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

As a Team Manager - Maintenance & Engineering, you will lead maintenance operations for a manufacturing area while driving safety, equipment reliability, productivity, and continuous improvement. You will develop high-performing teams, optimize maintenance processes, and partner across Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and Skilled Trades to support world-class quality, cost, and delivery objectives within the Ford Production System.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

Lead Safe and Reliable Operations
  • Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and environmental standards.
  • Lead safety initiatives including construction safety, Arc Flash compliance, Pro-Tag implementation, and Pre-Task Analyses.
  • Drive equipment reliability through standardized preventive and predictive maintenance strategies that maximize uptime and productivity.
  • Ensure compliance with Maintenance Operating System standards and maintenance best practices.


Drive Operational Excellence
  • Lead data-driven continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, throughput, and equipment performance.
  • Identify production constraints, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent corrective actions using Global 8D/4D methodologies.
  • Support launches and production start-ups by coordinating maintenance resources and ensuring equipment readiness.
  • Monitor maintenance performance metrics and hold teams accountable for achieving operational objectives.


Optimize Cost and Performance
  • Manage departmental operating and maintenance budgets while controlling Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU).
  • Develop business cases and support capital and maintenance projects.
  • Improve inventory management, spare parts utilization, repair and rebuild programs, and equipment maintainability.
  • Balance maintenance priorities with production requirements to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and
  • cost targets.


Develop High-Performing Teams
  • Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors and skilled trades employees.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.
  • Communicate departmental goals, performance expectations, and policy deployment through SQDCPME and other operating routines.
  • Partner with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and other cross-functional teams to achieve plant objectives.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience plus significant technical training.
  • 5+ years of maintenance, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations experience.
  • Experience leading maintenance operations within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
  • Strong understanding of assembly manufacturing processes and the Ford Production System.
  • Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of Six Sigma and structured problem-solving tools (Global 8D/4D, Root Cause Analysis).
  • Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams.
  • Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions to achieve business

results.

Even Better You'll Have...
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field)
  • Demonstrated success leading through Ford's ONE FORD leadership behaviors.
  • LEAN or Six Sigma certification.

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.


For more information on salary and benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL6NonHTHD

This position is a leadership salary grade 6.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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At Ford Motor Company, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Our professionals are at the forefront of automotive technology, leading projects that redefine transportation and sustainability. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement and respect for all, Ford offers a workplace where leadership, diversity training, and innovation are part of everyday life.

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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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