Job Description

Job Category: Manufacturing
Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
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ROLE SUMMARY: Manage, lead, and guide team members involved in launch deliverable activities. Serve as the main interface between the launch program and manufacturing teams. Develop a comprehensive training and certification plan with the LPWR Leader to ensure all direct and indirect employees are trained and certified on their respective job elements.
POSITION DETAILS (Responsibilities / Accountabilities, Communication and working relationships)

• Serve as the main interface between the launch team and maintenance supervisors.
• Provide direction, leadership, and prioritize the activities of the launch.
• Develop and manage a Plant Launch Timing Plan, including GPDS milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate all lessons learned from the Lead Plant, including AIM.
• Provide labor input for upcoming studies in collaboration with LPWR.
• Provide F&T requirements to VME for upcoming studies to support Training facilities.
• Support the LPWR Leader in reviewing new equipment documentation and technical training materials.
• Develop a comprehensive training and certification plan with the LPWR Leader for all direct and indirect employees.
• Identify and classify all base, difficult, and critical jobs with LPWR.
• Develop a recruitment plan with LPWR for incremental production and plant launch staffing.
• Maintain training and versatility charts for all maintenance employees.
• Identify and address high-hurt issues early in the process.
• Validate product/process compatibility, log all issues discovered, communicate findings to the launch team, and manage their resolution.
• Develop and execute the build plan in collaboration with NMP.
• Coordinate and track PSO and EQI activities.
• Coordinate and track OSM (VOW) tasks.
• Support PPAP processes and ensure manufacturing assessments are completed.
• Support control plan validation activities.
• Coordinate high-hurt issues following established processes.
• Lead the Whiteboard execution sessions.
• Review recommended process changes with staff engineers.
• Work with the launch team to ensure all representative tooling is in place and ready for pre-production builds.
• Assist production personnel during pre-production builds.
• Identify, track, and resolve tooling, process, and design concerns encountered during builds.
• Develop repair standards collaboratively with Staff Engineers, the Area Production Coordinator, and Product Specialists.
• Oversee the development of the Cycle Line Layout (CLL) drawings.
• Assist/support the Tooling & Facilities Engineer in coordinating plant participation in tooling vendor design reviews and equipment buyoffs.
• Deliver strategies for Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) and First Time Pass (FTPM).
• Lead Tooling & Equipment Specialists to establish maintenance schedules and spare parts requirements, incorporating input from the Area Maintenance Department.
• Validate work element allocations within the Allocation Planning Tool (APT) and assess workstation capability.

Responsibilities:
PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA:

• Budget control
• Launch Capable Process
• Zero Ergonomic Process
• Delivery of Facility to Net JPH
• Improvement in External Quality Data/High Hurts
• Deliver program with FRC equal or better than current FRC
• Deliver program with EOL FRC equal or better than current

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSA):

• Motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills, capable of eliciting cooperation from a variety of resources.
• Adept at working with diverse teams and adapting communication styles and content to suit different audiences.
• Effective communicator with the ability to mediate disputes and uncover hidden objections or concerns.
• Proactive in anticipating and resolving problems before they arise.
• Demonstrates a strong customer orientation with a commitment to upholding plant processes through strict adherence to the Quality Operating System.
• Proven ability to execute and achieve results while organizing and managing multiple priorities.
• Capable of serving as a confident and effective technical mentor to both hourly and salaried production staff.
• Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Holds MODAPTS Certification.
• GSPAS knowledge

Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in industrial/mechanical, electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of +3 years production environmental experience
• 2 years industry experience and / or strong exposure to large-scale manufacturing environments/ workforces & Launch
• 3 Years Management/Leadership experience

About Us: At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow's transportation.
About the Team: We build world-class vehicles in our plants around the world, constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. It's our people who really make the difference. We encourage all of our employees to think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.