MOS Maintenance Manager

In this pivotal leadership role, you will lead our newly restructured maintenance organization and drive the Ford Maintenance Operating System (MOS) and Lean Maturity in Maintenance to world-class levels. As the Maintenance Manager, you will oversee the Maintenance Control Center (MCC) and Business Control Center (BCC), ensuring 100% accuracy of the asset registry and driving constraint management processes to eliminate bottlenecks. You will also be responsible for driving the transition from reactive to proactive maintenance, achieving a World Class PM/CM ratio, and ensuring 100% completion of PMs for constraint assets.

Key responsibilities include:

• Organizing and developing a multi-layered maintenance team, including Senior Production Supervisors and Skilled Trade teams, fostering a culture of technical ownership and continuous improvement.
• Executing the strategy to move the plant toward Level 3 "Cultural" maturity across all LMM criteria: Operational Excellence, PM/PD Tasks, Loss Mitigation, Proactive Maintenance, and Reliability Leadership.
• Bamboo BBQ (Back-up, By-pass, Quick Recovery) processes, managing critical spare parts inventory, and ensuring "single-path" assets have verified backup strategies.
• Championing the use of predictive tools (Ultrasound, Infrared, Vibration Analysis) and ensuring they account for at least 35% of all proactive maintenance performed.
• Leading the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to ensure more than 95% of failed components are processed and analyzed for root cause.
• Utilizing 4D investigations, DMAIC, and Kaizen to reduce emergency work orders and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Managing multi-million dollar maintenance budgets and driving SQCDMME (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, Maintenance, Environment) targets.

Requirements include:

• High School Diploma, GED, College Diploma or Trade Certificate in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of experience in maintenance leadership within a large-scale manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience leading large, unionized skilled trades workforces.
• In-depth knowledge of the Ford Production System (FPS) or equivalent Lean Manufacturing systems.
• Strong working knowledge of Maintenance Operating Systems (MOS).
• Demonstrated ability to lead, empower, and develop multi-level leadership teams.
• Expertise in constraint management and bottleneck analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into shop-floor actions.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or related field).
• Deep understanding of the MOS Lean Maturity Model (LMM) and a track record of improving maturity levels.
• Advanced knowledge of FTPM (Ford Total Productive Maintenance) and EJP (Enterprise Job Plans).
• Experience with Crib Modernization and digital maintenance management systems (e.g., Maximo).
• Proficiency in data analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau) to monitor MTTR, MTBF, and OEE.
• Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Experience implementing IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things) for predictive maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change within a new organizational structure.
• Strategic business acumen with the ability to connect maintenance reliability to total cost per unit and plant competitiveness.