
Paint Manufacturing Engineer
Ford Motor Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $74,300 - $166,200 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Provide color technical support to core engineering during the development, qualification, and implementation of new programs
- Act as a key resource in technical matters involving color development and color harmony for all Global Assembly Plants
- Identify and replicate best practices and new color development and color harmony for all Global Assembly Plants
- Define Paint shop baseline paint assumptions and specifications to maximize process reliability and color quality
- Provide training and coaching to technicians, managers, and manufacturing engineers in the organization
- Capture and disseminate color specifications, guidelines, best practices, must/wants, and lessons learned across platforms to maximize the collective value of individual team's experiences
- Facilitate the development and release of new materials to advance our SQDCME objectives
- Support the color complexity reduction initiatives and drive actions to support the color complexity objectives
Requirements
- BSc, Engineering (Chemical pref) OR Chemistry
- 5+ years' experience working in a manufacturing environment with Paint manufacturing processes
- Extensive knowledge and experience in Paint materials, Paint processes, and Color development
- Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to work in a team environment and a willingness to assume a technical leadership position in the organization and demonstrate potential advance
- Strong understanding of basic statistics, statistical process control (SPC), and proficiency with data analysis software such as MS Excel and Minitab
- Strong communication skills, and ability to organize and present information at all organization levels
- Able to travel to support manufacturing sites, color harmony teams, and vehicle program launch teams
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Paint manufacturing processesColor developmentPaint materialsStatistical process control (SPC)Data analysisMS ExcelMinitab
Soft Skills
Interpersonal skillsTeamworkTechnical leadershipCommunication skillsOrganizational skills
Certifications
BSc in EngineeringBSc in Chemistry