Industrialization Process Lead, Ford Energy

Ford Energy Job Opportunity

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...

• Lead cross functional teams to meet program deliverables and launch programs on time.
• Manage all elements of the new program governance process including senior executive reviews. Responsibilities include scheduling, facilitating, reporting, and managing all elements of the process.
• Create, maintain, and report program status reports (i.e. program scorecard, CCAR's, equipment readiness).
• Lead cross functional teams (i.e. Product Engineering, Finance, Purchasing) to identify root cause and resolve major program issues.
• Manage change control process working with Operations, Product, and Quality teams.
• Manage and report program timing, including publishing of standard detailed program timing reports and maintaining program schedules.
• Ensure Process Engineering, Facilities, and Operations implement and signoff on layout level releases.
• Develop and manage Production Validation (PV) test plan to support testing requirements for new programs.
• Interface with IP partner to ensure program delivery.
• Travel to equipment suppliers and other Ford offices as required.
• Support plant operations team to deliver operating objectives (SQDCME).
• 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.
• Assess employee competencies and support Individual Development Plans.

You'll have...

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing and product
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or operations
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills required.
• Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of leadership and across organizations.

Even better, you may have...

• Masters degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in leadership role
• 5+ years of experience in program management
• Six Sigma

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 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…