Supervisor- Safety, Body/Chassis/Test Prep Ops

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In this position…

We are backfilling the Supervisor of Safety, Body, Chassis Test Prep Operations to lead our Safety Prep Team embedded at Roush 9 facility. The Supervisor will manage all Body, Seats, Chassis and Safety prep workstreams to enable body/chassis/safety test labs to meet program milestones with quality and within budget.

This is an onsite position in Allen Park, MI.

What youll do…

Work seamlessly with the Crash Barrier (CBB), Safety Innovation Lab (SIL), Building 4 (B4), external test labs as well as Vehicle Evaluation and Validations (VEV), EV S/O & functional engineering teams to deliver ready-to-test properties with quality, efficiency and on time to meet program milestones.

Develop, manage, maintain, and leverage a strong working relationship with our strategic partner Roush Industries

Develop yearly Safety Prep PO – and actively manage spending efficiently – leveraging mechanic / technician / fabricator flexing wherever possible, while maintaining the skill level of the prep team.

Lead Seat prep and R9 DA testing. Close partnership with Seats VEV s/o, Seat Engineering and labs to ensure on time program delivery with quality.

Lead and manage seat fixture design and build to support seat critical DV testing and program milestones.

Support DV Efficiency and Safety/Body/Chassis Lean workstreams

Manage fabrication team – exploring and implementing efficiencies in buck builds, IP fabrications for TPV testing and other potential needs for up front early X1 type test preps

Develop experience and expertise in smart vehicle system electrical and software trouble shooting and HV Battery handling to support prep throughput.

Drive quality operating system – TGW feedback closed loop processes with B4, CBB, SIL, Seats

Actively manage test parts warehouse site FM1CP for lean operations and efficiency

Support PD Health & Safety and cascade any lessons learned to the onsite safety prep team and to Roush.

Youll have…

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience

5 years of experience that includes Product Development Operations, Functional Engineering and/or Test experience.

1 year(s) of experience leading teams that include organization, planning and people skills.

Even better, you may have…

MBA, or Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Engineering or related field.

Specific safety / body testing experience (safety / body functional engineering experience

In depth knowledge of passive safety / body / chassis test requirements

Specific Safety functional engineering experience

Systems Engineering experience.

Resource planning, budgeting, and project management experience

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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

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:

https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-LL6-sal-plan-1.pdf

This position is Salary Grade LL6

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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