MOS Maintenance Manager

In this position...

• 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.

• As the Maintenance Manager you will lead our maintenance organization and will be the primary architect of maintenance excellence ensuring our equipment reliability supports the high-speed demands of our manufacturing environment.

What youll do...

• 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.

Youll have...

• 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.

Even better you may have...

• 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.
• Continuous Improvement / Lean:
  • Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
  • Experience implementing IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things) for predictive maintenance.
• Leadership & Strategic Capability:
  • Demonstrated ability to manage change within a new organizational structure.
  • Strategic business acumen with the ability to connect maintenance reliability to total cost per unit and plant competitiveness.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. 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 builderor all the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:

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 Years Day

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a leadership salary grade 6 and ranges from $60.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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