# Senior Maintenance Supervisor **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Sheffield, OH **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $99,100-$166,200 **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/65811?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_d7dbb159-c7b ## Description We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. ## Responsibilities We’re looking for leaders who will lead transformation on the forefront. This isn't just a supervisory role; it's a critical leadership position where you'll have the power to shape culture, drive performance, and directly impact the quality and efficiency of our operations. **Position Duties:** Drive SQCDPME by understanding and consistently applying standard manufacturing operating system processes. Validate and bridge operational needs to ensure the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts. **Safety:** Ensure department compliance with government, industry, corporate standards and OHSIM investigations. Serve as maintenance liaison for launch-related Pro-Tag and Arc Flash updates, Construction Service Safety audits/compliance checks, inter-department Pre-Task Analyses, and any regulatory or insurance audits. **Quality:** Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.) **Delivery:** 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; use Factory Information System (Bottleneck and Top X fault report). **Cost:** Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the paint organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness (RTO adherence) 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/ 1295 process), 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, coordination of production activities with codependent departments, department planning project, and weekend activities. 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, provide 404, constraint package and collaborate with the team to complete. **Maintenance:** Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s) Integrate and update the Maintenance Control Center board into total department business plan. Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity; use Maximo (MFM) system as a tool. Provide resources, support, and priorities for all maintenance actions; Use Maximo (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (planned, corrective and emergency) and create reports to support continuous improvement. Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan (top 10 stratification of loss). Jointly coordinate maintenance and engineering activities **Environment:** Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards. **Collaboration:** Actively listen to and value the perspectives of all team members and other department stakeholders. You will be a partner with team members, the union, and management to continuously improve everything. **Continuous Improvement & Quality Assurance:** Maintain a relentless focus on identifying and eliminating inefficiencies, improving processes, and driving innovation to enhance productivity, quality, and safety. You will be uncompromisingly committed to quality, implementing and maintaining rigorous standards, and relentlessly pursuing excellence to eliminate defects and ensure exceptional product quality. **Conflict Resolution & Interpersonal Relationships:** Proactively address and mediate conflicts fairly and effectively, facilitating mutually acceptable solutions. This requires active listening, empathy, and the ability to de-escalate tense situations. You will build and maintain strong, positive working relationships with your team and all partners, including suppliers and union representatives, through transparent communication and a willingness to listen, fostering a psychologically safe environment ## Qualifications **You'll have...** - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 7+ years of supervisory, manufacturing, military, or other relevant experience. - Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends - Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls **Even better, you may have...** - Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodology and / or Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) Experience 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! ## 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 - PLC logic and controls - supervisory experience - manufacturing experience ### Nice to have - Lean / Six Sigma methodology - Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/65811?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)