MOS Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Ford Motor Company is seeking a visionary and results-driven Maintenance Manager to lead our newly restructured maintenance organization. This is a pivotal leadership role designed to transform our maintenance operations by driving the Ford Maintenance Operating System (MOS) and Lean Maturity in Maintenance to world-class levels.

As the Maintenance Manager, you will lead our maintenance organization and will be the primary architect of maintenance excellence, ensuring our equipment reliability supports the high-speed demands of our manufacturing environment.

What you'll do...

• Organizational Leadership:
  Lead and develop a multi-layered maintenance team, including Senior Production Supervisors and Skilled Trade teams, fostering a culture of technical ownership and continuous improvement.
• LMM Maturity Drive:
  Execute the strategy to move the plant toward Level 3 "Cultural" maturity across all LMM criteria:
  Operational Excellence, PM/PD Tasks, Loss Mitigation, Proactive Maintenance, and Reliability Leadership.
• Operational Excellence:
  Oversee the Maintenance Control Center (MCC) and Business Control Center (BCC). Ensure 100% accuracy of the asset registry and drive constraint management processes to eliminate bottlenecks.
• Maintenance Strategy:
  Drive the transition from reactive to proactive maintenance. Achieve a World Class PM/CM ratio (target 6:1) and ensure 100% completion of PMs for constraint assets.
• Loss Mitigation (MTTR):
  Implement and sustain BBQ (Back-up, By-pass, Quick Recovery) processes. Manage critical spare parts inventory and ensure "single-path" assets have verified backup strategies.
• Proactive Maintenance & Tools:
  Champion the use of predictive tools (Ultrasound, Infrared, Vibration Analysis) and ensure they account for at least 35% of all proactive maintenance performed.
• FRACAS Management:
  Lead the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to ensure more than 95% of failed components are processed and analyzed for root cause.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Utilize 4D investigations, DMAIC, and Kaizen to reduce emergency work orders and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Budget & Safety:
  Manage multi-million dollar maintenance budgets and drive SQCDMME (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, Maintenance, Environment) targets.

You'll have...

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma, GED, College Diploma or Trade Certificate in a relevant field.
• Experience:
  • 5+ years of experience in maintenance leadership within a large-scale manufacturing environment.
  • Proven experience leading large, unionized skilled trades work forces.
  • In-depth knowledge of the Ford Production System (FPS) or equivalent Lean Manufacturing systems.
• Skills:
  • Strong working knowledge of Maintenance Operating Systems (MOS).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, empower, and develop multi-level leadership teams.
  • Expertise in constraint management and bottleneck analysis.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into shop-floor actions.

Even better, you may have...

• Education:
  
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or related field).
• Technical / Operational
  
  Skills:
  • Deep understanding of the MOS Lean Maturity Model (LMM) and a track record of improving maturity levels.
  • Advanced knowledge of FTPM (Ford Total Productive Maintenance) and EJP (Enterprise Job Plans).
  • Experience with Crib Modernization and digital maintenance management systems (e.g., Maximo).
  • Proficiency in data analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau) to monitor MTTR, MTBF, and OEE.
• Continuous Improvement / Lean:
  • Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
  • Experience implementing IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things) for predictive maintenance.
• Leadership & Strategic Capability:
  • Demonstrated ability to manage change within a new organizational structure.
  • Strategic business acumen with the ability to connect maintenance reliability to total cost per unit and plant competitiveness.

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!

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