# Facilities Engineer, Ford Energy **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Glendale, KY **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $86,600-$144,900 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/70117?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_97380aee-816 ## Description Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). As a Facilities Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the technical integrity and operational uptime of our startup manufacturing environment. ## Responsibilities ### Operational Excellence & Quality Systems - Drive adherence to the Quality Operating System (QOS) and Production System standards, ensuring consistent execution of quality processes across energy storage system manufacturing. - Oversee the operation, maintenance, and reliability of equipment with unwavering attention to safety and compliance. - Monitor system performance (pressures, flow rates, energy consumption) to ensure maximum efficiency and alignment with the Ford Energy Production System. - Lead troubleshooting efforts for a wide range of systems, utilizing root cause analysis to prevent recurrence. - Maintain meticulous utility documentation including SOPs, P&IDs, and compliance logs, ensuring "Audit Ready" status at all times. - Champion continuous improvement and structured problem-solving, ensuring capability is developed at the lowest level of the organization. ### Leadership & Culture - Embrace the Gemba philosophy: Regularly engage on the floor to monitor equipment health, listen to technicians, and solve problems where the work happens. - Remove Barriers: Proactively identify and resolve technical constraints to ensure the production team has the utilities required for "First Time Through" (FTT) success. - Collaborate across functions: Work seamlessly with Production, Quality, and EHS teams to support 24/7 facility operations. - Coordinate and oversee vendor and contractor activities with a focus on safety, integrity, and high-quality workmanship. - Establish a “Leaders as Teachers” environment by coaching Team Leaders and Team Members to build quality ownership and capability. - Foster a culture of accountability, communication, and recognition, reinforcing behaviors that support safety and quality excellence. ### Strategic Reliability - Achieve business results by delivering on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and meeting corporate standards for timing, budget, and First Time Through (FTT) capability. - Develop and manage predictive and preventative maintenance programs that prioritize long-term asset health over short-term fixes. - Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on energy efficiency and sustainability. - Assist with capital projects, equipment upgrades, and the commissioning of new utility infrastructure as the site scales. ## Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline; however, candidates with substantial Facilities or Utilities engineering experience (6+ years) will be considered. - Direct experience operating and maintaining Facilities and/or Utilities systems, including but not limited to: Hot Oil Systems, HVACD, Water Systems, Chillers, Electrical Power Distribution, Building Infrastructure, Technical Facilities Management, Boilers, Chemical Processes, Controls, SCADA, etc. - Experience in high-growth manufacturing or chemical processing environments. - Flexibility to support business needs by working across shifts, including nights, weekends, and extended hours as required. ## 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 - Facilities Engineering - Utilities Engineering - Quality Operating System - Production System - Troubleshooting - Root Cause Analysis - Documentation - Continuous Improvement - Leadership - Communication - Collaboration ### Nice to have - Master’s degree in Engineering - Battery or Chemical Manufacturing experience - Six Sigma Black Belt certification - Proficiency in reading P&IDs - CMMS platforms - Electrical and instrumentation systems - PLCs - Automation - SCADA platforms - Project management skills --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/70117?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)