Manufacturing engineer – mach
company: ford méxico
responsibilities
* responsible for ftpm activities within the department.
* coordinate and plan maintenance actions: preventive, planned and crisis maintenance.
* ensure all safety standards are met during maintenance activities.
* optimization of current production processes.
* coaching plants in continuous improvement, standardization, and lean concepts.
* assisting plants in addressing equipment downtime issues.
* developing preventative/predictive maintenance practices to ensure 100% equipment uptime.
* training and education of plant personnel and leadership.
* providing input on new equipment design and purchase.
* supporting new model/equipment launch as required.
* lead quality related actions that imply machine reliability improvements.
* be point of contact to plant engineering, local vendors and commodity suppliers regarding equipment issues.
* drive maintenance cost and budget control.
* drive maintenance metrics within the department.
* issue regular reports on maintenance metrics.
* ensure all areas operate to fps tools and ftpm initiatives.
* motivate teams to provide ideas to improve equipment availability and document in r&m reports.
* support and coach problem solving activities within the department, mainly focused on reliability and maintainability.
* coordinate maintenance planning and shutdown planning actions within the department.
* support work group and department meetings regarding equipment improvement and jph actions.
* participate actively in jph roadmap reviews.
* provide technical assistance to personnel and areas where necessary.
* identify training needs for skilled employees, coordinate training plan for the department.
* work with cora, maximo, qlscm, posmon and other required systems.
* coordinate skilled personnel during breakdowns to fix the issue with minimal disturbance on production.
* participate in interplant benchmarking exercises.
* actively participate in simultaneous engineering meetings, forward planning and product design to ensure maintainability standards are followed.
qualifications / minimum requirements
* education: high school diploma (bachelor degree in engineering, industrial, electrical / automation engineering preferred).
* experience: 3-5 years in manufacturing, stamping experience preferred.
* ability to optimize equipment programs and troubleshoot issues to identify root cause.
* excellent communicator who can train both hourly and salary team members.
* self‑starter who will take ownership of projects and see them through to completion with limited supervision.
* must be flexible to significant travel.
* successful candidate must demonstrate leadership in one ford (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, team‑building, and communication skills.
* robot/interpress transfer (abb / fanuc / gurzel), stamping/press equipment, plc competency.
* knowledge of lean implementation, autocad, and vision experience (cognex) strongly preferred.
employment type
* full‑time
seniority level
* associate
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