# Team Manager - Crew Chief - B Crew **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Wayne, MI **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $112,680-212,760 **Category**: Manufacturing **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69223?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_264d5842-0ad ## Description At Ford Motor Company, you will be part of a team that transforms the future of mobility. As a Team Manager - Crew Chief - B Crew, you will play a crucial role in ensuring manufacturing operating standards are consistently applied across the plant, driving Quality, Flow, and inventory performance. Responsibilities: - Verify start-up readiness and monitor first-hour production performance; lead line time meetings (inventory, manning, shift planning). - Confirm manufacturing operating system standards are applied consistently across the plant. - Meet JPH targets; establish and communicate recovery plans between crews for abnormalities. - Track finished vehicle inventory aging and drive aged units (>5 days) to zero, including parts readiness/requests. - Balance headcount across departments and plan/monitor maintenance tasks to sustain flow. - Develop and coach Team Managers/Senior Process Coaches to achieve SQDCPME objectives. - Lead emergency response and containment actions for safety incidents. - Escalate and contain quality issues at point of fit/workstation prior to Final Area Inspection and CAL line. - Contain EP stops during shift and communicate with Process Engineers/Supervisors. - Review QLS reports, prioritize top quality issues, and lead containment for A Calls. - Coach and resolve barriers raised by Team Managers/Process Coaches; escalate to Area Manager/Plant Leadership as needed. - Communicate critical information across shifts (Crews B/C) and maintain Crew Manager-to-Crew Manager handoffs. - Lead weekly off-shift manpower meetings with HR; conduct DROT analysis to confirm headcount coverage. - Manage open job postings, fill timing, and training plans for new employees; validate training completion and certifications. - Track crew versatility by zone (weekly DCC report); conduct Good & Welfare meetings with Union partners. - Foster a proactive, respectful, performance-driven culture; recognize team accomplishments to build morale. - Cascade required communications (e.g., Weekly Bulletins, Safety ICA) to process coaches. - Complete required administrative activities (SOI, PJOs, start-ups, close-outs, LPRs). Qualifications: - High School Diploma - 5+ years of Production experience with strong ability to interface across hourly, salaried, and management levels. - Ability to present to plant management and teach Ford Production System principles. - Union negotiations experience. - Competence using data for decision-making; effective oral and written communication. - Strong teamwork and leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to resolve diverse problems under pressure. - Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, crisis-driven environment. Benefits: - 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 Christmas and New Year’s Day - Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. ## Skills ### Required - leadership - communication - problem-solving - data analysis - team management ### Nice to have - Six Sigma designation - Microsoft Office proficiency - Union negotiations experience --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69223?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)