Ford Motor Company

Manufacturing Engineer -Benchmarking

Ford Motor Company$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or related discipline) preferred.
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Final Assembly Process & Tooling Development or equivalent manufacturing roles.
  • Experience leading a major program launch (UP/UN > 4) or equivalent.
  • Strong background in manufacturing process and tooling development for upper body, underbody, or powertrain.
  • Familiarity with benchmarking resources to drive process improvements.
  • Understanding of Global Manufacturing Requirements (GMRs).
  • Working knowledge of DPA5 tools such as GSPAS/VPS, APT, Easy Plan, Teamcenter, PFMEA, SCCAFs, and error proofing.

Responsibilities

  • Benchmark Ford vehicles against competitors by measuring key manufacturing KPIs in Body and Final Assembly.
  • Collaborate with multiple benchmarking teams to deliver measurable efficiency ratings.
  • Develop a user-friendly dashboard for engineers to easily identify efficient processes and products.
  • Drive product development by integrating benchmarked innovations and manufacturing efficiencies.
  • Create and implement innovative manufacturing processes to enhance labor efficiency and reduce complexity.
  • Coordinate reviews of program-based manufacturing issues, align on corrective actions, and communicate with cross-functional teams.
  • Travel as needed to North American assembly plants for on-site reviews and verification.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement as well as fertility treatments.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members plus management leases.
  • Tuition assistance available.
  • Access to established and active employee resource groups.
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service.
  • Generous paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, plus flexible vacation options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Manufacturing Engineer -Benchmarking

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you'll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we're constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we're continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

Benchmark future Ford vehicles to competitor vehicles by quickly measuring with data Ford vehicles manufacturing Key Performance indicators to competitors in Body and Final Assembly.

Work with Flexible Architecture team to provide and help drive product and manufacturing efficiencies including into the future Ford vehicle program between Technical Kick-off and (TKO) and Technology Management Review (TMR).

Responsibilities:
  • Work with multiple Benchmarking teams across the Enterprise to provide a measurable efficiency rating of our vehicles relative to our competitors.
  • Work with our team to develop a user-friendly dashboard that Engineers can easily identify efficient product and processes for future Ford vehicles.
  • Drive product development to incorporate the more efficient benchmarked product and innovation processes.
  • Focus on providing efficient product and processes identified through benchmarking and innovative projects not currently in the future model program scope.
  • Create new and innovative processes based on benchmarked vehicles and innovative manufacturing processes that improve labor efficiency, complexity reduction, and end item parts to the main line where possible for Body and Final Assembly.
  • Drive labor efficiency, complexity reduction, and end item parts to the main line where possible during new model program planning and development.
  • Coordinate efforts to review program-based manufacturing issues, align on corrective actions, and cascade to affected areas.
  • Work with counterparts in Vehicle Architecture, Body Construction, and Final Assembly Engineering to quickly align on product design and manufacturing issues.
  • Support resolution of Major Architecture and High Investment Plant High Hurts to help mitigate Launch risks in Forward Model Development.
  • Travel to our North American assembly plants for site reviews as required


Qualifications

You'll have:
  • Bachelor's degree minimum with Engineering discipline preferred
  • 3+ years' experience in Final Assembly Process & Tooling Development or equivalent manufacturing experience

Even better, you may have...
  • One major program Launch (UP / UN > 4) or discipline equivalent
  • Extensive knowledge of manufacturing process and tooling development for upper body, underbody and/or powertrain
  • Experience with Benchmarking Resources
  • Extensive knowledge of GMRs (Global Manufacturing Requirements)
  • Working knowledge of DPA5 tools (GSPAS/VPS, APT, Easy Plan, Teamcenter, PFMEA, SCCAFs, Error proofing, etc.)

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, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP1

This position is a range of salary grades GSR 6-8.

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #LI-Onsite #LI-RC3

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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Size
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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