Process Coach - Production 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.

In this position...

•Detail oriented

•Demonstrate high integrity

What you'll do...

•Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements

•Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts

•Drive to exceed personal, team, Company goals by holding self & team to high performance standards through servant leadership

•Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams

You'll have...

•High School Diploma or GED

•1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience

•Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

•Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends

Required Behaviors

•Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations

•Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers

•Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset

•Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies

•Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively

•Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others

Even better, you may have...

•Bachelor’s Degree

•Safety and quality experience

•Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified

•Knowledge of constraint management principles

•Prior experience managing a unionized workforce

• 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:

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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.

In this position...

•Detail oriented

•Demonstrate high integrity

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.

In this position...

•Detail oriented

•Demonstrate high integrity

What you'll do...

•Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements

•Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts

•Drive to exceed personal, team, Company goals by holding self & team to high performance standards through servant leadership

•Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams

You'll have...

•High School Diploma or GED

•1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience

•Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

•Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends

Required Behaviors

•Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations

•Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers

•Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset

•Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies

•Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively

•Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others

Even better, you may have...

•Bachelor’s Degree

•Safety and quality experience

•Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified

•Knowledge of constraint management principles

•Prior experience managing a unionized workforce

• 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:

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.

In this position...

•Detail oriented

•Demonstrate high integrity