Manufacturing Engineer: Precision Fastening & Torque Tech

Overview

Job Description At Blue Oval Battery Park Michigan, you will...

At Blue Oval Battery Park Michigan, you will...

• use your entrepreneurial skills and team mindset to come up with data-driven solutions
• build and lead an agile team to deliver the advanced technology that drives the future
• create a culture of trust, encourage diversity of thought and foster leadership in others
• be part of the historic transformation of the automotive industry

What you’ll do...

• Ensure adherence and compliance to the Ford Production System (FPS) Key Unifying Processes (KUP)
• Understand and consistently apply standard manufacturing operating systems and principles
• Enforce compliance with Safety Operating System practices to achieve zero injuries
• Ensure compliance with Quality Operating System practices to achieve zero defects
• Use Andon data to prioritize efforts to achieve 100% flow
• Apply engineering principles and analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products
• Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D tool, 6 panel, etc.
• Manage and direct statistical process control activities
• Knowledge of and ability to execute measurement systems analysis and variable data analysis
• Identify sources of variation within a production environment effectively and efficiently
• Support expedited concern resolution with cross functional teams including the Quality Dept, Production, and Suppliers
• Develop and manage joining techniques, materials, and technologies
• Implement joining control plans and requirements
• Function as the plant subject matter expert for all torque tooling
• Issue resolution during machine build, installation, and steady state production
• Troubleshoot and resolve production-related downtime
• Ensure the identification and capture of lessons learned along with their application to new programs, as well as the impact to existing strategies and standards
• Program new installations of torque tooling
• Establish and manage Plant procedures for Residual Torque Equipment, Torque Test Benches, and Tool Tracker
• Lead the development of online and offline repair strategies involving wireless tooling reporting to the Quality Operating System
• Support the development and commissioning of fastening technology into our facility including Wireless Technology, Toolsnet 8 and Pulse Tool Technology
• Candidates must possess full flexibility and readiness to work across all established standard, operating, and rotational shift schedules (day, night, weekend, and holiday shifts)

You’ll have...

• Engineering Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Ability to demonstrate leadership behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, team building, leadership, and communication skills
• Capability to learn, use, and troubleshoot new software and hardware systems to solve manufacturing problems that users are facing
• 4+ years’ experience with manufacturing
• Fastening foundation with the ability to both learn and teach
• Strong problem-solving abilities

• Masters Degree in Engineering
• 4 or more years Controls Engineering experience
• Experience with Ford Tooling Suppliers – Atlas Copco, Stanley, Ingersoll Rand, Cleco, Etc.
• Experience implementing or auditing manufacturing requirements, standards, and procedures
• Knowledge and experience with fastening equipment, assembly equipment, or joint design strategy
• Understanding of Industrial Engineering concepts (constraint analysis, productivity analysis)
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Experience
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms

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?

• Immediate…