Assembly Technical Specialist (STA)

What You Will Do

• 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).
• Covers 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.

• Approximately 8 years of experience in manufacturing process(es), with a strong focus on Assembly.
• Knowledge of Ford vehicle or powertrain development and launch processes.
• Demonstrated initiative and capability to provide technical leadership to peers and management to assure the delivery of product programs.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.
• Ability to lead a team in the delivery of technical objectives.