Facilities Supervisor, Body Construction Engineering

Ford Motor Company

Facilities Supervisor in Manufacturing team at Ford, leading engineering for vehicle production. Optimizing processes and technologies to enhance manufacturing efficiency and quality.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $115,500 - $218,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead an energetic team of facilities engineers through process and investment optimization.
Balance lean manufacturing principles with new technology at various capacity levels.
Provide engineering leadership through upfront cost studies for new model vehicles.
Lead the development of tooling and facilities master layouts based on product and process.
Support the commodity teams through Bodyshop development balancing new product equipment requirements with real world process capability and optimization.
Lead the lesson learned feedback loop to drive process / product design improvements.
Develop and manage relations with our tooling vendors for future model tooling.
Maintain oversight from the point of creating our statement of work through tool buyoff.
Drive resolution of manufacturing issues.
Validate manufacturing feasibility for throughput, future model flexibility, and sustainability.
Work with minimal direct supervision

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology
7 + years in body and/or two new model launches or equivalent
Willingness to travel and support launch activities at our North American Assembly plants
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Project, and PowerPoint), Teamcenter, & AutoCAD
Sound oral and written communication skills
Up to 30% travel required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid 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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

lean manufacturingengineering leadershipcost studiestooling developmentprocess optimizationmanufacturing feasibilitythroughput analysissustainability practicesbodyshop developmentmodel launches

Soft Skills

team leadershipcommunication skillsrelationship managementproblem resolutionindependent work

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology