As a Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) Site Engineer at Ford Motor Company, you are a key technical interface between Ford and its supply base, accountable for ensuring flawless program launches and robust ongoing production support. This role focuses on supplier manufacturing readiness, risk mitigation, capacity assurance, and compliance with Ford’s quality and performance requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with Launch STA team (Ex: Schedule A, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution). Escalate significant issues promptly and ‘date to green’ plan to appropriate management
- Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs
- Support Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams
- Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) requirements
- Drive capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers inline with the GCP study requirements
- Drive Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed – Production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan
- Monitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and Blue bar status of PPAPs beyond implementation timing
- Review supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (eCAR) for compliance to uplift capacity requirements
- Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, Control Plan reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicable
- Drive Supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new health charts
- Drive suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA Technical Specialists
- Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health chart deployment, Supplier training as required.
- Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as required
- Drive new supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of GCST, identifying Risk Mitigation.
- Drive closure of supplier process Quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent Action
- Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance.
Key Experience:
The following skills and experiences are recommended qualifications for this role:
- Experience in manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities and process control
- Experience in Quality systems, tools and techniques
- Project management experience
- Supply/Crisis Management Experience
- Knowledge of Problem Solving and Quality systems and tools
- Lean manufacturing experience
- Strong Knowledge on quality tools
- +2 years of plant manufacturing experience
- Open to travel up to 60% of work time, in north america region
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or academic equivalent
- Be proficient in English when working with global teams
- Knowledge of manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities ( Injection Molding, Assembly, Wrapping)