Production Supervisor-Tool & Die · Ford Motor Company

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:06:29 GMT
Engineering

Ford Motor Company · Dearborn · Salary grade 6-7 · onsite

As a Production Supervisor-Tool & Die at Ford Motor Company, you will play a critical role in ensuring the efficient production of high-quality vehicles. This supervisory leadership role requires strong leadership skills, attention to detail, and the ability to motivate and coach a team to achieve key performance indicators.

Responsibilities

Coach Safety, Quality and Productivity to ensure objectives are met through following standardized work

Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives

Support Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) and coach problem resolution to the lowest level

Communicate and recognize team members' achievements

Meet FTT, inventory, cost, scrap, supply and tooling expense targets

Build Team Leader and Team Member capability

Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities/tasks

Perform basic administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents

Coordinate Safety Operating System activities including overhead safety, lifting, and rigging and Energy Control and Lockout procedures

Lead skilled trades/die maintenance personnel to evaluate Die Readiness requirements for maintaining and improving production yields, output, and up time.

Supervise preventative maintenance schedules, inspections and repairs to minimize down time

Coordinate and schedule manpower and materials to meet maintenance requirements to minimize down time

Monitor day-to-day production processes, Draw panel formability, last hit process, contamination investigation

Understand and expertise in draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels, and pierce operations

Ability to coordinate major and minor die repairs

Determine and correct root cause of related downtime issues

Assist and teach die maintenance troubleshooting techniques to improve mean time between failure and mean time to repair

Ensure start-up readiness for production

Coordinate maintenance activities with other plant operations

Identify and ensure that safety hazards and unsafe practices are corrected and addressed

Perform other related duties.

Qualifications

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

Position is currently for 1st shift: 10pm-6am, however, applicants must be open to work any shift and hours

Fundamental working knowledge major automotive die forming

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

Capable of assigning work to unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes pertaining to daily work assignments in terms of safety, quality, and throughput

Strong organizational and administrative skills

Strong interpersonal skills and leadership behaviors

Ability to multi-task

Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills

Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in Ford OS (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.

Benefits

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

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.

Salary

This position is a salary grade 6-7 and ranges from $72,480-141,360.