Body Facilities Engineer

Ford Pro is a division of Ford Motor Company focused on mobility and transportation solutions. The Body Facilities Engineer will provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program, applying lean manufacturing principles to enhance efficiency and quality in vehicle assembly.

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program, beginning at initial concept through launch at the final assembly facility
• Development of tooling and facilities master layouts based on product and process
• Apply lean manufacturing principles
• Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds
• Drive resolution of manufacturing issues
• Interface with Design and Release, tool design, and facilities activities
• Develop formal assembly process layouts in AutoCad
• Lead facilities tooling specification purchase, installation, start-up, and commissioning at the assembly site
• Track all open facilities, tooling, and process issues and drive to closure including meeting all exit criteria deliverables - cycle time, throughput, workstation readiness, etc
• Prepare management presentations
• Drive quality, cost, layout, and labor improvements
• Support new model launches. During launches, the position will require extensive travel, standing, and walking in a plant environment
• Lead Cross-functional collaborations with MP&L, Ford Land, Facilities Teams
• Deliver cycle line layouts and work with the assembly plants to update master layouts based upon as-builts
• Operate in stressful situations within timing constraints
• Work with minimal direct supervision

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or an equivalent manufacturing engineering
• Proficient in AutoCad with a focus on layouts
• Willingness to travel and support launch activities at our North American Assembly plants (USA, Canada & Mexico)
• Travel is required including co-location at a North American Assembly plant for 9 or more months depending on scale of vehicle launch
• 1 or more years of Microsoft Office experience to include Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Up to 40-50% travel required
• Solid background with virtual manufacturing tools and layouts
• Experience with tooling, process, quality, and or facility equipment in a production environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Benefits

• 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.

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