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…