Team Manager - Maintenance

In this position... 

We are taking our Maintenance Superintendents to the next level. These talented employees have the title of ‘Team Manager – Maintenance’ and they are the drivers of standardization and continuous improvement in the Ford Production System.

What you'll do...

Safety

• Address department Health & Safety concerns

• Enforce department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards

• Promote improved department safety metrics and provide resources for activities

• Enforce safety process adherence for launch-related Pro-Tag and Arc Flash updates, Construction Service Safety audits/compliance checks, and inter-department Pre-Task Analyses

Quality

• Lead data driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, and etc.)

• Drive root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions through the Global 4D or 8D process.

Delivery

• Monitor production runs to insure they stay on schedule, and correct any maintenance-related problems that arise

• Provide the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups

• Facilitate start-up and shift-to-shift meetings

• Facilitate skilled trades understanding of constraint analysis and provide resources for activities to eliminate bottlenecks

• Champion constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate the bottlenecks

Cost

• Lead project writing and the process of collecting and evaluating data in sound business cases

• Manage to budgets

• Set, prioritize and provide resources to control and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU)

• Optimize maintenance activities to improve throughput and meet or beat budgets and production schedules

• Implement material control (spare part inventory), repair and rebuild programs, and reliability and maintainability reviews

People

• Disseminate policy deployment, drive SQDCPME, and communicate departmental maintenance goals

• Coach, counsel and teach subordinates to enhance the One Team goal

• Lead and participate in production scheduling, staffing, procurement and maintenance of equipment, quality control, inventory control, and the coordination of production activities with those of other departments

• Promote and support work groups; integrate skilled trades per contractual agreements

• Create a team environment that is founded on accountability, teamwork, empowerment, and continuous improvement

• Set and support Time & Data Management events related to the Maintenance Operating System and enforce attendance

Maintenance

• Coordinate resources and activities to support ME organization launches within your area of responsibility to meet production schedules, budgetary limitations, and time constraints

• Evaluate and deliver FTPM measurables

• Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity

• Review and approve preventive maintenance activities and assess the effectiveness of those activities

• Devise maintenance plans, strategies, and priorities to support the total department business plan; manage daily maintenance around production optimizing opportunities

• Provide resources and support to maintenance activities and organize planning activities

• Confirm and require adherence to Maintenance Operating System processes

• Review status and progress of goals and objectives and require accountability

Environment

• Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards

You'll have... 

• Education: High School Diploma or GED

• Manufacturing Maintenance experience

• Strong ability to interface with plant hourly, salaried personnel and plant management

• Strong ability to present in front of plant management

• Ability to teach Ford Production System principles

• Union negotiations experience

• Competent in the use of data for decision making

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

• Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to resolve diverse problems

• Work well under pressure and to be able to work under crisis management when necessary

• Ability to work and multi-task in fast pace