Core STA Tech Spec - Assembly

You will serve as the global authority for Assembly manufacturing processes within Supplier Technical Assistance at Ford Motor Company. Your mission is twofold: to drive excellence across our supply chain and to standardize the technical competency of the global STA team. You will lead the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies and ensure that every member of the STA organization is equipped with the knowledge to enforce Ford’s rigorous assembly standards.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a Global lead for Assembly manufacturing processes.
• Drives Prevent Recurrence by deploying Ford manufacturing process standards, lessons learned, best practices, and technical innovations related to Assembly.
• Leads Manufacturing Risk Assessment and supports the industrialization of New Technologies within Assembly processes, utilizing the GTDS process.
• Drives the regional business plan for their special manufacturing process area (Assembly).
• Conducts manufacturing process assessments specifically for Assembly, driven by a priority model.
• Keeps abreast of technical developments in Assembly manufacturing technologies through benchmarking processes, methods, and equipment.
• Develops and delivers technical training materials and plans for Assembly standards, assessments, and advanced/new technologies.
• Demonstrates special process technical problem-solving for significant quality issues (e.g., Stop Ships, Field Actions), production supply, or warranty concerns (aligned with the Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) pertaining to Assembly.
• Interfaces with Product Development to provide design for manufacturing feasibility input for Assembly.
• Travels throughout the region, and globally as necessary, to support responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering, or academic equivalent, in a closely related technical discipline.
• Strong background in Assembly Processes and Craftsmanship including: Fastening Systems, Material Dispense, Press Fit Systems, Testing (Leak and EOL), and Vision Systems
• Proficiency in English is required for effective communication with global teams.
• Strong knowledge of Problem Solving and Quality Tools.
• Ability to travel throughout the region, and globally as necessary, to support responsibilities approximately 50-75% of the time.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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