Maintenance Engineer - Battery Manufacturing
Listed on 2026-06-26
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer -
Manufacturing / Production
Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer
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Introduction to Blue Oval SK
At Blue Oval SK, we will lead the transformation of the electric vehicle (EV) battery business through partnership (Joint Venture formed by Ford and SK On) to provide products and processes to increase our customers’ experience. As the future of Blue Oval SK, you will help lead the battery revolution by working alongside our teams as we build the batteries required for electric vehicle business excellence.
Introduction to Blue Oval SK
At Blue Oval SK, we will lead the transformation of the electric vehicle (EV) battery business through partnership (Joint Venture formed by Ford and SK On) to provide products and processes to increase our customers’ experience. As the future of Blue Oval SK, you will help lead the battery revolution by working alongside our teams as we build the batteries required for electric vehicle business excellence.
Ford and SK On are investing billions in Kentucky and Tennessee including building three state-of-the art battery manufacturing facilities between the two campuses at Blue Oval City in Tennessee and Blue Oval SK Battery Park in Kentucky. These brand-new advanced manufacturing facilities will use Ford’s 100-years of automobile manufacturing expertise and SK On’s 30+ years of electric vehicle battery expertise to become the world’s best battery manufacturer.
The Maintenance Engineer at Blue Oval SK – Blue Oval City in Stanton, Tennessee will have a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a key member of the start-up team, launching the facility from the ground up.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Optimization of current production processes
- Coaching plants in continuous improvement, standardization, and lean concepts
- Assisting plants in addressing equipment down time issues
- Developing preventative / predictive Industrial maintenance practices to ensure 100% equipment uptime in high volume manufacturing
- Oversee PM programs for Battery Manufacturing equipment
- Assist in Equipment spare part management
- Providing input on new equipment design and purchase
- Supporting new model / equipment launch as required
Minimum Requirements :
- Experience:
- Ability to optimize equipment programs and troubleshoot issues to identify root cause
- Excellent communicator who can train both hourly and salary team members
- Must be a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and see them through to completion with limited supervision
- Candidate must be flexible to significant travel
- Ability to support any shift in a 7-day work pattern
- Candidate must be flexible to significant travel during initial plant start-up phase
- Candidate must be willing to work remotely and in-person at temporary facilities as needed during the initial plant start-up phase
- Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership behaviors consisting of outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
- Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Industrial or Electrical / Automation engineering preferred. Equivalent experience accepted - Experience:
3-5 years experience in manufacturing; stamping experience preferred - Robot / interpress transfer (ABB / Fanuc / Gudel)
- Stamping / press equipment
- Vision experience strongly preferred (Cognex)
- PLC competency.
- Lean implementation
- AutoCAD
At Blue Oval SK, we will lead the transformation of the electric vehicle (EV) battery business through partnership (Joint Venture formed by Ford and SK On) to provide products and processes to increase our customers’ experience. As the future of Blue Oval SK, you will help lead the battery revolution by working alongside our teams as we build the batteries required for electric vehicle business excellence.
We have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career.
The Opportunity
Ford and SK On are investing billions in Kentucky and Tennessee including building three state-of-the art battery manufacturing facilities between the two campuses at Blue Oval City in Tennessee and Blue Oval SK Battery Park in Kentucky. These brand-new advanced manufacturing facilities will use Ford’s…
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