Body Facilities Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world‑class, state‑of‑the‑art smart vehicles the world expects from us.

Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

In this key role, you will provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program – from initial concept through final assembly. This will involve the application of lean manufacturing principles to ensure the highest quality, most efficient processes and products possible. You will:

• 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 Auto Cad.
• 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 coloborations 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
• Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or an equivalent manufacturing engineering
• Proficient in Auto Cad 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 Power Point
• Up to 40-50% travel required
• Preferred Requirements:
• 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

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 of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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…