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). - Conducts 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. **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). - Conducts 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. **You'll have ...** - 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 **Even better, you may have...** - 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.