Ford Motor Company

Production Supervisor-Tool & Die

Ford Motor Company • $72K — $141K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • 1+ years of supervisory or manufacturing experience
  • Proficient in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
  • Willingness to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
  • Fundamental knowledge of major automotive die forming

Responsibilities

  • Coach teams on safety, quality, and productivity metrics
  • Optimize production throughput to align with budget objectives
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives and problem resolution
  • Facilitate effective communication and recognition within the team
  • Meet and exceed production targets for various metrics
  • Enhance team capabilities through coaching and support
  • Create a positive work environment for all team members

Benefits

  • Immediate access to medical, dental, and prescription coverage
  • Flexible family care options and new parent support programs
  • Employee vehicle discount program for staff and families
  • Opportunities for community service with paid time off
  • Generous paid holiday schedule, including a week-long break at year-end
  • Options for purchasing additional vacation time
Full Job Description
Job Description

Production Supervisor - Tool & Die

At Ford Motor Company, we are taking our Tool & Die Supervisors to the next level. Some of these talented employees have the title of 'Process Coach-Tool & Die" and are responsible for supporting, teaching, and coaching the work team (Team Leader and Team Members) to deliver key measurables that support score card targets as well as performing deep analysis of issues and continuous improvement by connecting results with the Andon, the Process, and the Inputs.

What You'll Do...

The Production Supervisor- Tool & Die position is a supervisory leadership role supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunity for career progression. Production Supervisors are:
  • Resilient
  • Detail oriented
  • Ambitious
  • Demonstrate high integrity


Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Coach Safety, Quality and Productivity to ensure objectives are met through following standardized work
  • Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives
  • Support Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) and coach problem resolution to the lowest level
  • Communication and Recognition
  • Meet FTT, inventory, cost, scrap, supply and tooling expense targets
  • Build Team Leader and Team Member capability
  • Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities/tasks
  • Basic administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
  • Coordination of Safety Operating System activities including overhead safety, lifting, and rigging and Energy Control and Lockout procedures
  • Lead skilled trades/die maintenance personnel to evaluate Die Readiness requirements for maintaining and improving production yields, output, and up time.
  • Supervise preventative maintenance schedules, inspections and repairs to minimize down time
  • Coordinate and schedule manpower and materials to meet maintenance requirements to minimize down time
  • Responsible for monitoring day-to-day production processes, Draw panel formability, last hit process, contamination investigation
  • Understanding and expertise in draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels, and pierce operations
  • Ability to coordinate major and minor die repairs
  • Determine and correct root cause of related downtime issues
  • Assist and teach die maintenance troubleshooting techniques to improve mean time between failure and mean time to repair
  • Ensure start-up readiness for production
  • Coordination of maintenance activities with other plant operations
  • Identify and ensure that safety hazards and unsafe practices are corrected and addressed
  • Performs other related duties.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience
  • Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
  • Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
  • Position is currently for 1st shift: 10pm -6am, however, applicants must be open to work any shift and hours


Required Behavior
  • Fundamental working knowledge major automotive die forming
  • Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations
  • Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers
  • Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset
  • Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies
  • Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively
  • Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others
  • Capable of assigning work to unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes pertaining to daily work assignments in terms of safety, quality, and throughput
  • Strong organizational and administrative skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and leadership behaviors
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills
  • Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in Ford OS (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.


Even better, you may have...
  • Bachelor's Degree or completion of Die Maker apprenticeship
  • 3-5 years automotive experience Body shop/stamping/subassembly experience preferred
  • Safety and quality experience
  • Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified
  • Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
  • Knowledge of constraint management principles
  • Prior experience managing a unionized work force.


You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you are looking for the next step in your career and passionate about developing your capabilities, 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
  • 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 6-7 - from $72,480 -$141,360

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

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
* Ladders Estimates

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