Chief Engineer, Operational Transformation Deployment

The Chief Process Engineer, Operational Transformation Deployment, is a hands-on technical leader responsible for driving and implementing technical transformation efforts across all dedicated process areas within the Industrial System. This role provides comprehensive technical direction and oversight, ensuring cohesive development and implementation of process engineering solutions that drive significant and measurable improvements. They will lead and empower a team of dedicated process area leads, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and the successful unification of transformation initiatives across the entire Industrial System. This role requires both deep understanding of operations and a hands-on approach to driving change.

Responsibilities

You Will...

Have experience in the following areas:

End-to-End Process Initiative Optimization & Leadership: Oversee and guide the delivery of specific transformation initiatives from inception to delivery. Includes technical analysis, design, development, and implementation of operational transformation initiatives specific to the process area.

Process Analysis & Optimization and Problem Solving: Provide technical oversight and guidance of the analysis of current operational processes and workflows, identification of bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and recommendation/implementation of specific process improvement by deep-diving technical investigations to diagnose complex operational issues, identifying root causes, and proposing innovative engineering-based solutions tailored to the process area.

Solution Design & Implementation: Provide technical oversight and guidance of the design, implementation, and sustainment of new workflows, systems, and procedures tailored to the needs of the process area. Identify and apply advanced process engineering principles to improve efficiency, quality, and performance within the process area.

Stakeholder Engagement (Local): Collaborate closely with specific process owners and key stakeholders and operations teams to ensure buy-in and successful adoption of changes and to integrate new solutions, ensure technical sustainability, and manage the technical change process within the process area.

Training & Support (Local): Provide hands-on training and ongoing support to the teams directly impacted by the transformation. Mentor and develop talent within the dedicated transformation team, fostering a culture of transformation curiosity and continuous improvement.

Performance Monitoring: Establish and monitor technical performance metrics and KPIs relevant to the business unit's operations, ensuring that the inefficiencies are quantified and that implemented solutions achieve desired outcomes and tangible results

Qualifications

You'll Have...

Industrial Systems Domain and Contextual Expertise: Profound understanding of key challenges and hands-on experience within the Industrial System process areas

Hands-on Technical Leadership: Proven ability to provide direct technical leadership, guide implementation teams, and troubleshoot complex technical issues in an operational setting.

Process Improvement, Problem-Solving & Analysis: Exceptional analytical skills for complex technical process improvement and problem-solving at the operational level, with a focus on practical, implementable solutions. Proficiency in mapping current and future state processes and identifying areas for improvement by identifying bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and root causes of performance gaps.

Solution Design, Implementation & Execution: Strong skills in designing, building, implementing, and sustaining robust technical solutions that address specific operational pain points and deliver measurable improvements. Capable of fast-tracking and implementing changes directly impacting their specific operational unit.

Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical details to both technical and non-technical stakeholders within the process area and across the organization. Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders within the process area and across the organization to ensure project success and adoption

Project Management: Ability to manage the technical aspects of transformation projects from conception to completion within a specific operational context, including technical scope, resources, and timelines. Ability to manage projects from inception to delivery, including planning, scheduling, and risk management.

Adaptability & Agility: Ability to quickly adapt to the specific and evolving technical needs of the process area, driving agile and iterative technical development. Openness to iterations in project scope and ability to respond to specific, evolving needs of their business unit.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Manufacturing), Computer Science, or a highly specialized technical field relevant to the business unit.

10+ years of hands-on technical leadership experience in operational excellence, continuous improvement, or business transformation within a specific industry or operational domain.

Proven track record of designing and implementing significant technical improvements within a specific operational environment.

Process Improvement and Problem Solving Certifications such as Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt or equivalent are highly desirable

What you receive in return...

As part of the Ford family, you'll enjoy excellent compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You'll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

Our benefits summary can be found Here.

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 leadership level 4.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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