Ford Motor Company

Team Manager, Maintenance, Ford Energy

Ford Motor Company • $115K — $218K *
Glendale, KY 42740In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
2 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical/Automation Engineering, or related field.
  • 3+ years of maintenance management in a high-volume manufacturing setting (Automotive, Aerospace, Electronics preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience with Maximo or equivalent EAM system.
  • Proven track record in managing departmental budgets and capital projects.
  • Ability to lead technical teams through commissioning and troubleshooting challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Maximize asset reliability by designing and executing maintenance strategies to exceed production targets.
  • Implement the Maintenance Operating System (MOS) while ensuring data integrity within Maximo and adherence to global standards.
  • Collaborate with Engineering for the integration of new equipment focusing on maintainability and spare parts optimization.
  • Champion a Total Productive Maintenance culture using Six Sigma methodologies to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Formulate and manage multi-million dollar operational budgets and capital projects, ensuring fiscal responsibility.
  • Lead and mentor a multi-skilled team to promote a culture of technical excellence and safety.
  • Maintain operational flexibility to manage a 24/7 manufacturing environment, accommodating shifts including nights and weekends.

Benefits

  • Access to a state-of-the-art facility equipped with advanced battery production technology.
  • Opportunity for leadership development in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Exposure to high-profile projects within the rapidly evolving energy storage sector.
  • Commitment to safety with zero-compromise adherence to protocols.
  • Culture that prioritizes diversity, empowerment, and psychological safety within teams.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

As the Maintenance Team Manager, you will be a critical architect of reliability and technical excellence at our state-of-the-art facility. You will lead a high-performing team to ensure equipment uptime, optimize life-cycle costs, and drive the Maintenance Operating System (MOS). This role is pivotal in our transition to electrification, requiring a leader who can navigate the ambiguity of a greenfield startup while building a culture of "leaders as teachers" and technical precision

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

Strategic Leadership & Operational Excellence
  • Maximize Asset Reliability: Design and execute equipment maintenance strategies (Preventive, Predictive, and Corrective) to ensure reliability meets or exceeds production capacity targets.
  • Orchestrate the Maintenance Operating System (MOS): Direct the implementation of standard manufacturing maintenance protocols, ensuring data integrity within the CMMS (Maximo) and alignment with global standards.
  • New Equipment Integration: Partner with Engineering to evaluate new equipment specifications, ensuring long-term maintainability and spare parts optimization from the design phase through installation.
  • Continuous Improvement (CI): Champion a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) culture, leveraging Six Sigma methodologies and PLC diagnostics to solve complex technical challenges and improve First-Time-Through (FTT) capability.
  • Strategic Planning: Formulate and manage multi-million dollar O&M budgets and capital projects, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with plant profitability.
  • People, Culture & Safety
    • Safety Leadership: Serve as the primary advocate for safety, ensuring all maintenance activities-especially high-risk electrical events-are performed with zero-compromise adherence to safety protocols.
    • Lead & Coach: Manage and mentor a multi-skilled team of engineers and technicians, fostering a "Leaders as Teachers" environment that prioritizes technical upskilling.
    • Build an Agile Organization: Recruit and develop a diverse, high-performing team capable of supporting advanced battery technology and automated manufacturing systems.
    • Empowerment & Inclusion: Create a culture of trust and psychological safety, encouraging diversity of thought and removing systemic barriers to team success.
  • Schedule Requirements
    • Operational Flexibility: As a key leader in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, candidates must have the flexibility to work across all established shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, particularly during the launch and commissioning phases.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience: 3+ years of maintenance management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (Automotive, Aerospace, or Electronics preferred).
  • Systems Expertise: 3+ years of experience utilizing Maximo or an equivalent Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.
  • Financial Acumen: Proven experience managing departmental budgets and large-scale capital projects.
  • Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams through complex equipment commissioning and high-pressure troubleshooting scenarios


Even better, you may have...
  • Advanced Degree: Master's degree in Engineering or an MBA.
  • Electrification Background: Direct experience with lithium-ion battery production equipment or advanced robotics.
  • Automation Proficiency: 3+ years of hands-on experience with PLC programming (e.g., Allen Bradley, Siemens) and industrial networking.
  • Process Excellence: Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification and a deep understanding of Lean Manufacturing/TPM.
  • Startup Experience: Prior experience in a "Greenfield" site startup or major facility brownfield conversion.
  • Leadership Attributes
    • Strategic Visionary: Able to translate the rapidly evolving global energy storage market into actionable maintenance strategies.
    • Decisive Under Pressure: The ability to remain calm and make rapid, data-driven decisions during facility constraints or critical equipment failures.
    • Adaptability: The resilience to lead a team through the ambiguity of a new site startup, where processes are being built and refined in real-time.
    • Business Partner: The ability to translate technical maintenance requirements into sound financial business cases for executive stakeholders
    • Visionary strategic thinker able to navigate rapidly evolving global energy storage markets.

Location & Travel
U.S. with domestic travel

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!

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-218,100.

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: https://fordcareers.co/LL6FE

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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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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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