Ford Production Supervisor - Maintenance 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

336523548

In this position...

The Maintenance Supervisor position is a supervisory leadership role supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunity for career progression. Maintenance Supervisors are:

• Resilient
• Detail oriented
• Ambitious
• Demonstrate high integrity

What you'll do...

• Create a safety culture and apply and implement workplace policies
• Lead/ coach skilled trades/maintenance personnel in all aspects of asset management including but not limited to: asset availability (mean time to repair, mean time between failure), cycle time, preventative maintenance, predictive and condition-based monitoring technologies.
• Lead/coach teams in leveraging new and existing machine monitoring tools to identify constraints in the system and systematically reduce and eliminate interruptions in production flow.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams.
• Communicate effectively with hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers
• Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively
• Evaluate team member performance and encourage continuous improvement

You'll have...

• High School Diploma or GED Required
• 1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience
• Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
• Mechanical aptitude

Required Behaviors

• Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers
• Outstanding, interpersonal teambuilding and communication skills
• Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others
• Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset
• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations

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

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.

This position is a salary grade 6 - 7.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.