Team Manager, Maintenance, Ford Energy

Job Overview

At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Operational Excellence
• Maximize Asset Reliability: Design and execute equipment maintenance strategies (Preventive, Predictive, and Corrective) to ensure reliability meets or exceeds production capacity targets.
• Orchestrate the Maintenance Operating System (MOS): Direct the implementation of standard manufacturing maintenance protocols, ensuring data integrity within the CMMS (Maximo) and alignment with global standards.
• New Equipment Integration: Partner with Engineering to evaluate new equipment specifications, ensuring long-term maintainability and spare parts optimization from the design phase through installation.
• Continuous Improvement (CI): Champion a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) culture, leveraging Six Sigma methodologies and PLC diagnostics to solve complex technical challenges and improve First-Time-Through (FTT) capability.
• Strategic Planning: Formulate and manage multi-million dollar O&M budgets and capital projects, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with plant profitability.
• Safety Leadership: Serve as the primary advocate for safety, ensuring all maintenance activities—especially high-risk electrical events—are performed with zero-compromise adherence to safety protocols.
• Lead & Coach: Manage and mentor a multi-skilled team of engineers and technicians, fostering a "Leaders as Teachers" environment that prioritizes technical upskilling.
• Build an Agile Organization: Recruit and develop a diverse, high-performing team capable of supporting advanced battery technology and automated manufacturing systems.
• Empowerment & Inclusion: Create a culture of trust and psychological safety, encouraging diversity of thought and removing systemic barriers to team success.
• Schedule Requirements
• Operational Flexibility: As a key leader in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, candidates must have the flexibility to work across all established shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, particularly during the launch and commissioning phases.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience: 3+ years of maintenance management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (Automotive, Aerospace, or Electronics preferred).
• Systems Expertise: 3+ years of experience utilizing Maximo or an equivalent Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.
• Financial Acumen: Proven experience managing departmental budgets and large-scale capital projects.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams through complex equipment commissioning and high-pressure troubleshooting scenarios.

Benefits

Health and Wellness
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, mental health, and unique wellness perks keep you and your family supported every step of the way.

Financial and Retirement Programs
Build a strong financial future with robust retirement contributions, savings programs, and free personalized financial planning tools.

Flexible Vacation and Holidays
Enjoy your time away from work with generous vacation, holidays, and flexible family leave designed to help you balance life and work with ease.

Vehicle Discount Program
The best thing about building great products is driving them! The second-best thing: sharing your discount with family and friends so they can drive them, too.

Family Growth and Support
Grow your family confidently with fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance, paid parental leave, and a supportive new-parent ramp-up program.

Additional Programs
Enjoy unexpected extras like pet insurance, legal services, identity protection, and access to convenient health and wellness services.

Pay

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-218,100.

Schedule

U.S. with domestic travel