Controls Engineer Specialist jobs at Ford in United States, Kansas City

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

What you'll do…

• Assist reviewing and binning early claims binning claims and customer concerns with PVT engineers.
• Support VRT with statistical process control and data analysis.
• Participate with VRT team to conduct a periodic job observation.
• Update the status to completion of periodic job observation.
• Provide external and internal data checks for quality reviews.
• Maintain health chart schedule and assessments.
• Maintain and review quality leadership system charts for data accuracy and work group binning.
• Perform subsystem checks as required.
• Learning control plan and verify data entry as required into web-based data management.
• Assemble acceptance criteria visual aids for the VRT.
• Maintain cycle line lay out indicator mapping with the assistance of the VRT.
• Update and maintain the Quality Confirmation Map.
• Apply Quality principles and analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products.
• Analyze vehicle root causes, engage in mapping and corrective actions to reduce vehicle inventory.
• Lead role in resolving assembly related concerns. Lead variability reduction and lean manufacturing initiatives and best practices
• Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D tool, 6 panel, etc.

You'll have...

• High School Diploma or GED
• Min 5 years Manufacturing Experience
• Min 5 years Quality experience
• Previous union experience
• Previous data experience
• Microsoft Office (excel, PowerPoint, word)
• Excellent written and verbal skills.

Even better, you may have...

• Associate degree
• Black Belt trained or certified
• Knowledge of QARS, GSAR, ECB
• QLS Usage and Data Analysis
• WBDM Data Analysis and Interpretation
• AVIS Cell Data Analysis and Interpretation – Experience
• VOW Cell Data Analysis and Interpretation
• Error Proofing Data Analysis and Interpretation
• ONTRAC
• Quality Leadership System (QLS)
• Health Chart CTQ in E2KS

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 builder…or 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 Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here:

This position is a range of salary grades 6, 7 and 8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This Engineer will be responsible for defining and implementing the die cast tooling, from early program planning through program launch. In this role, the tooling engineer will have responsibility for the tooling construction and input into the product design, process development, and bill of process for Unicastings. This process is a new to Ford manufacturing process and must combine both technical and leadership capabilities to drive success. Ideal candidates must navigate and drive change in a complex internal environment, challenging the status quo as we define an all-new way of manufacturing vehicles.

In this position...

Use Vis Plant monitoring software to review cycle times of automation, review and follow up automation project's and installations.

What you'll do...

• Troubleshoot PLC, robot, and other automation problems.
• Update program backups for automation.
• Program new installations of Body tooling and conveyor systems.
• Reprogram automation for engineering changes and improvements
• Coordinate automation campaigns.

What you'll do...

• Support Manufacturing Process Engineering activity for Final Assembly
• Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality and productivity
• Apply engineering principles and analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products
• Develop action plans as required to investigate and prioritize quality concerns and verify corrective actions on internal processes and supplier processes
• Lead and conduct process audits to ensure process discipline is consistent with Vehicle Operations guidelines
• Conduct job ergonomic evaluations and deliver corrective actions as required
• Analyze vehicle inventory root causes; engage in mapping and corrective actions to reduce vehicle inventory
• Create process and instruction sheets supporting quality methods and processes
• Deliver capable processes and tools for Trim and Chassis Assembly operations
• Lead role in resolving assembly related concerns. Lead variability reduction and lean manufacturing initiatives and best practices
• Ensure compliance to Plant, Corporate, Governmental and Environmental standards
• Support ISO 14001 compliance and support internal ISO auditing and compliance as required
• Support continuous improvement in safety, quality and productivity in Chassis and/or Trim areas
• Identify throughput constraints and drive root cause improvements

You'll have...

• Education: High School Diploma
• Experience: 5+ yrs of related experience
• Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in ONE FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Even better, if you have...

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience:
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience
• 8D and 5Why corrective action and problem-solving skills
• Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping
• DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience
• TQM and Kaizen Methods
• FMEA, PPAP, and DOEs experience
• Visual Factory Management
• Ergonomic analysis knowledge and experience

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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 Year’s Day

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

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

This position is a range of salary grades 6 and 7.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

are paid a top hourly base rate of $43.800, plus applicable shift, overtime, and holiday premiums. The starting rate for this position is $43.600 with pay increases to the top rate upon completion of three consecutive months of employment.

Immediate access to Best-in-Class Company provided healthcare!

• Company provided premium coverage for Hospital-Surgical-Medical plus Drug, Hearing, Dental, and Vision.
• Basic Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance.
• Accident and Sickness and Extended Disability Benefits.
• Automatic enrollment in TESPHE, the hourly employee 401(k) plan, at an initial pre-tax contribution rate of 3%. Also eligible for Company TESPHE contributions of 6.4% of base pay and $1 per compensated hour.
• Eligible for holiday pay, profit sharing and lump sum bonuses, paid time off, tuition assistance, and immediate vehicle discount purchase plans.