Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Safety
- Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
- Review department safety metrics and coordinate improvement activities
Quality
- Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.)
Delivery (Productivity)
- Coordinate the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups
- Facilitate start-up/shift-to-shift meetings
- Facilitate constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate bottlenecks
Cost
- Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the manufacturing engineering organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure
- Monitor, control, and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU)
- Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives: meet or beat schedule
- Manage and support material control (spare part inventory), repair and rebuild programs, and reliability and maintainability reviews
People
- Communication and Recognition
- Participate in Time & Data Management meetings for scheduling, staffing, procurement, equipment maintenance, inventory control, constraint analysis, and the coordination of production activities with codependent departments
- Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks; build and nurture a One Team environment
- Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
Maintenance
- Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s)
- Integrate the maintenance plan into total department business plan
- Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity
- Plan and prepare material / spare part to support and priorities for all maintenance actions; Use Maximo (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (planned and crisis) and create reports to support continuous improvement
- Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan
- Jointly coordinate maintenance and engineering activities
- Involve investigating root cause analysis of downtime issues to prevent recurrence with Process Coach and Lead Process Coach (4D)
- Work with ME/PE/VME to launch new programs or equipment, optimize floor layouts, coordinate equipment refurbishment and develop standardized PM programs from FMEAs
- Provide input to MPS for weekend and shutdown maintenance planning.
Environment
- Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards.
Responsibilities
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Safety
- Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
- Review department safety metrics and coordinate improvement activities
Quality
- Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.)
Delivery (Productivity)
- Coordinate the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups
- Facilitate start-up/shift-to-shift meetings
- Facilitate constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate bottlenecks
Cost
- Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the manufacturing engineering organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure
- Monitor, control, and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU)
- Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives: meet or beat schedule
- Manage and support material control (spare part inventory), repair and rebuild programs, and reliability and maintainability reviews
People
- Communication and Recognition
- Participate in Time & Data Management meetings for scheduling, staffing, procurement, equipment maintenance, inventory control, constraint analysis, and the coordination of production activities with codependent departments
- Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks; build and nurture a One Team environment
- Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
Maintenance
- Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s)
- Integrate the maintenance plan into total department business plan
- Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity
- Plan and prepare material / spare part to support and priorities for all maintenance actions; Use Maximo (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (planned and crisis) and create reports to support continuous improvement
- Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan
- Jointly coordinate maintenance and engineering activities
- Involve investigating root cause analysis of downtime issues to prevent recurrence with Process Coach and Lead Process Coach (4D)
- Work with ME/PE/VME to launch new programs or equipment, optimize floor layouts, coordinate equipment refurbishment and develop standardized PM programs from FMEAs
- Provide input to MPS for weekend and shutdown maintenance planning.
Environment
- Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics or Robotics engineer or related field.
- 5 Years working experience with various robotic platform, programing languages and hardware components.
- Experience: 1-2 years technical work experience and troubleshooting in a Manufacturing environment
- Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
- Familiarity with AI, machine learning, computer vision, sensor technology and control systems are essential.
- Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Capable of assigning work to unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes pertaining to daily work assignments in terms safety, quality, and throughput
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills
- Strong English communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to business and operations teams.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, or related field
- 5 years working experience with various robotic platforms, programming languages, and hardware components
- 1-2 years technical work experience and troubleshooting in a manufacturing environment
- Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
- Familiarity with AI, machine learning, computer vision, sensor technology, and control systems
- Ability to work any shift including rotating shifts and weekends
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Capable of assigning work to and managing a unionized hourly workforce
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills
- Strong English communication skills to explain complex technical concepts
- Experience using Maximo (MFM) for maintenance documentation and reporting
Ford Motor Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Eligible employees can access medical, dental, and prescription coverage starting on the first day, with some zero-cost plan options and free mental health support. Benefits materials highlight comprehensive healthcare as a core pillar.
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Retirement Support — Employees can enroll in a 401(k)-style plan from day one, and some salaried plans include a company match of $0.90 per dollar on the first 5% contributed. Official summaries also describe financial-planning support.
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Parental & Family Support — The package includes paid parental leave, fertility, surrogacy, and adoption benefits, plus a ramp-up program for new parents returning to work. Flexible family-care days and other time-off options support caregiving needs.
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