MOS Maintenance Manager
About the role
Ford Motor Company is seeking a visionary and results-driven Maintenance Manager to lead our newly restructured maintenance organization. This is a pivotal leadership role designed to transform our maintenance operations by driving the Ford Maintenance Operating System (MOS) and Lean Maturity in Maintenance to world-class levels.
Responsibilities
Organizational Leadership: Lead and develop a multi-layered maintenance team, including Senior Production Supervisors and Skilled Trade teams, fostering a culture of technical ownership and continuous improvement.
LMM Maturity Drive: Execute 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.
Operational Excellence: Oversee the Maintenance Control Center (MCC) and Business Control Center (BCC). Ensure 100% accuracy of the asset registry and drive constraint management processes to eliminate bottlenecks.
Maintenance Strategy: Drive the transition from reactive to proactive maintenance. Achieve a World Class PM/CM ratio (target 6:1) and ensure 100% completion of PMs for constraint assets.
Loss Mitigation (MTTR): Implement and sustain BBQ (Back-up, By-pass, Quick Recovery) processes. Manage critical spare parts inventory and ensure "single-path" assets have verified backup strategies.
Proactive Maintenance & Tools: Champion the use of predictive tools (Ultrasound, Infrared, Vibration Analysis) and ensure they account for at least 35% of all proactive maintenance performed.
FRACAS Management: Lead the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to ensure more than 95% of failed components are processed and analyzed for root cause.
Continuous Improvement: Utilize 4D investigations, DMAIC, and Kaizen to reduce emergency work orders and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Budget & Safety: Manage multi-million dollar maintenance budgets and drive SQCDMME (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, Maintenance, Environment) targets.
Requirements
Education: High School Diploma, GED, College Diploma or Trade Certificate in a relevant field.
Experience: 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.
Skills: 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.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or related field).
Technical / Operational Skills: 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. Experience implementing IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things) for predictive maintenance. Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Experience with Continuous Improvement / Lean.
Skills
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.
Benefits
You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above?
Pay
This position is a leadership salary grade 6 and ranges from $112,680-212,760.
Schedule
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. 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.
Application Instructions
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