Operational Management Lead, Ford Energy

Operational Management Lead, Ford Energy

Glendale, KY, United States (On-site)

Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly‑owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world‑class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid‑scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US‑built energy storage systems.

We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Why Ford Energy? At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance‑based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world’s most iconic brands.

What you’ll do:

• Complete manufacturing and design for manufacturing feasibility assessments.
• Lead process to complete cost studies to support capacity, supply, or design change requests.
• Lead change control process for KY site working cross functionally with Ford Energy teams.
• Complete business case studies for vertical integration / supplier localization.
• Interface with CATL for cost, feasibility for manufacturing impact.
• Monitor, track, and report BME and Operations headcount to ensure performance-to-budget and proper people planning.
• Lead the customer care process at KY.
• Manage and coordinate schedule of all customer care related visits.
• Work with Ford Energy business units to schedule, plan, and deliver customer and potential customer visits.
• Manage and coordinate open houses for EPC’s and others at KY.
• Manage and coordinate customer onsite test and FAT visits.
• Support plant operations team to deliver operating objectives (SQDCPME).
• Perform supervisory duties (objectives, partnership discussions, check‑ins, performance reviews, travel requests, timecard approvals, compensation planning) for all personnel assigned.
• Lead, mentor, coach, counsel, recognize and motivate employees as necessary.

You’ll have:

• Bachelors Degree in industrial engineering or related field
• 5+ years manufacturing, product, or program management experience
• 10% Travel may be required between Dearborn and Kentucky

Even better, you may have:

• Masters Degree of Science in Engineering
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills required.
• Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of leadership and across organizations.

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 stay 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 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate’s skills and experience, and base salary will be set within…