Senior Process Coach Maintenance Planner, BlueOval Battery Park Michigan at Ford Motor Company

At BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, you will

• Use your entrepreneurial skills and team mindset to come up with data-driven solutions
• Build and lead an agile team to deliver the advanced technology that drives the future
• Create a culture of trust, encourage diversity of thought and foster leadership in others
• Be part of the historic transformation of the automotive industry

What you'll do

Maintenance Work Planning & Scheduling:

• Lead the detailed development, coordination, and control of maintenance and project work packages to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient execution, particularly during facility ramp-up and ongoing operations.
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules for preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities, including weekend and shutdown plans, utilizing advanced planning tools (e.g., Primavera P6, Maximo, SAP).
• Create comprehensive work packages detailing procedures, permits, required materials, resource allocation, and craft-specific task sequences.
• Conduct field walkdowns to confirm job scope, work boundaries, safety conditions, and material readiness, ensuring plans are executable and align with plant procedures.
  

Asset Management & Continuous Improvement:

• Identify spare parts and develop initial preventive maintenance (PM) job plans for new equipment, continuously reviewing and improving existing job plans based on equipment failures, feedback from skilled trades, and engineering input.
• Assess and understand risks during the repair process, developing equipment validation plans post-repair to ensure reliability.
• Lead and coach teams in leveraging machine monitoring tools to identify and eliminate production constraints, driving continuous improvement (SQDCPME) initiatives.
• Participate in MOS meetings to analyze equipment failures and contribute to Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities.

Coordination & Data Management:

• Coordinate multi-discipline work planning activities across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation & control (I&C), and facility workstreams.
• Interface with engineering, operations, and other relevant teams to validate scope, field conditions, and ensure work readiness.
• Ensure accurate data entry and status updates in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) (e.g., Maximo, SAP) to support real-time schedule forecasting, outage coordination, and KPI reporting.
• Generate comprehensive reports and metrics on planning progress, schedule compliance, and work package readiness for leadership and stakeholders.

Compliance & Operational Support:

• Apply formal change management protocols to address scope, schedule, or resource deviations while maintaining configuration control.
• Ensure strict adherence to all government, industry, and Ford corporate safety, health, environmental, and quality standards throughout all planning activities.
• Synchronize resources and activities required for problem-free equipment start-ups and shutdowns.
• Be flexible and willing to assist with other job functions and departments as needed, including back-filling other roles, to support overall facility operations.

Candidates must possess full flexibility and a readiness to consistently work across all established standard, operating, and rotational shift schedules, encompassing day, night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

You'll have

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• 2+ years of demonstrated leadership experience, directly managing teams and indirectly influencing cross-functional groups to achieve objectives.
• Strong working knowledge and proficiency with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) (e.g., Maximo, SAP PM) is essential.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project).
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and equipment manuals.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities under tight timelines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Even better, you may have

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial) or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in maintenance work planning within a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a battery pack manufacturing facility or a similar highly automated process industry.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, including cost estimation, earned value, scheduling logic, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing principles, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and FMEA processes.
• Prior experience in a facility start-up or new equipment commissioning environment.
• Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified.
• Knowledge of constraint management principles.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've 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 of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• 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.
This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

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