Maintenance Supervisor - Paint Process

Job Description

In this position... The Maintenance Supervisor position is a supervisory leadership role supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunity for career progression.

• Resilient
• Detail oriented
• Ambitious
• Demonstrate high integrity

What you'll do...

• Create a safety culture and apply and implement workplace policies
• Lead/coach skilled trades/maintenance personnel in all aspects of asset management, including but not limited to: asset availability (mean time to repair, mean time between failure), cycle time, preventative maintenance, predictive, and condition-based monitoring technologies.
• Lead/coach teams in leveraging new and existing machine monitoring tools to identify constraints in the system and systematically reduce and eliminate interruptions in production flow.
• Maintain and troubleshoot conveyor systems, drives, take-ups, chains, carriers, and alignment to prevent surges/vibration that hurt paint quality.
• Keep environmental systems running, enforce LOTO (Lockout/Tagout)/confined-space safety.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams.
• Communicate effectively with hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers
• Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively
• Evaluate team member performance and encourage continuous improvement

You'll have...

• High School Diploma or GED Required
• 1 - 3 years of industrial maintenance experience, in a leadership/supervisory role
  • Supervise, coach, and develop a team of maintenance technicians.
  • Enforce strict safety protocols, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft:
  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
• Mechanical aptitude

• 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

• Bachelor's degree
• Six Sigma:
  Black or Green Belt certified
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to work independently

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!

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 change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all 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 childcare, 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.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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