As a Production Supervisor, you will play a critical role in driving performance, safety, and quality across the shop floor. You will lead and develop hourly team members, build strong working relationships with union representatives and management, and help create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Through effective leadership and a commitment to standardized work, you will help ensure production lines run safely, efficiently, and at the highest quality levels
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
- Supervise, develop, and empower an hourly team to produce world-class manufactured products.
- Lead daily workflow to achieve quality, safety, and productivity targets.
- Coach standardized work and verify process adherence to help ensure safe, smooth, and efficient operations.
- Set high performance expectations and drive the team to exceed individual, team, and company goals.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with hourly team members, union stewards, and management partners.
- Demonstrate professionalism, sound judgment, and steady leadership in demanding situations.
- Listen actively to team members and business partners to support open, two-way communication.
- Use innovative thinking and a customer-first mindset to support continuous improvement on the line.
- Enforce workplace policies and promote a strong culture of safety.
- Administer the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) consistently and effectively.
- Value diverse perspectives and encourage ideas that strengthen the team and the business.
You'll have:
- High School Diploma or GED
- 1+ years of supervisory experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
- 1+ years of project management experience, demonstrating the ability to work independently on complex tasks
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
Even better, you may have:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience managing a unionized workforce
- Safety and Quality department experience
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
- Knowledge of Constraint Management principles
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proven leadership, team-building, and interpersonal skills
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 changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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 a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Skills Required
- High School Diploma or GED
- 1+ years supervisory experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
- 1+ years project management experience
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
- Legal authorization to work in the United States (visa sponsorship not available)
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience managing a unionized workforce
- Safety and Quality department experience
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
- Knowledge of Constraint Management principles
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proven leadership, team-building, and interpersonal skills
Ford Motor Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ford Motor Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Ford Motor Company.
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Pay Growth & Progression — The 2023 UAW–Ford agreement delivered immediate raises, restored cost-of-living adjustments, and accelerated progression to top rates for many hourly roles. These changes improved earnings trajectories compared with pre-2023 levels.
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Healthcare Strength — Hourly employees retained very low employee cost-sharing under the 2023–2028 UAW–Ford agreement, and salaried materials describe comprehensive day‑one medical, dental, and prescription coverage. Mental-health support and family‑building benefits add depth to the overall health package.
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Retirement Support — U.S. salaried roles feature a notable 401(k) contribution and match structure, and post‑2023 updates increased retirement contributions for many UAW‑represented employees. Together these elements strengthen long‑term financial security.
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