Automation Engineer
Posted on: 23 Aug 2021
Dearborn, MI
Job Description
Job Description & Qualifications
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.
What you’ll be able to do:
Oversight of controls and automation for process and building equipment to include:
Ensure adherence to FAS08 and NFPA-70E applicable standards
Support and as needed supervise preventive maintenance schedules, preventive and predictive inspections, and repairs to minimize down time
Conduct root cause analysis of downtime issues to prevent recurrence (4D process)
Work with ME/PE to launch new programs or equipment, optimize Automation and Controls systems for process tooling
Lead skilled trades/maintenance personnel to evaluate controls requirements for maintaining and improving production yields, throughput, and up time
Use Maximo for Maintenance (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (crisis and planned) as well as interface and provide input to maintenance planning activites.
Execute prioritized daily maintenance activities (predictive, preventive and crisis maintenance)
Analyze equipment performance and work to improve efficiencies; actively participate in Constraint Review Process
Ensure equipment start-up readiness for production
Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends
The minimum requirements we seek:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
1 or more years technical troubleshooting experience in a manufacturing environment
1 or more years prior experience:
Using Allen Bradley, Siemens, Fanuc, and ABB Robotics and universal controls logic
Reading schematics – One-line, ladder, and utility schematics
Our preferred requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Controls Engineering (Not Computer Sciences)
3-5 years automotive experience to include automotive controls and robotics
Prior experience managing a unionized work force
Ability to work independently with limited supervision
Capable of assigning work to unionized hourly workforce
Strong organizational and administrative skills
Ford Motor
Dearborn, MI
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarter in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors.It also has joint-ventures in China (Changan Ford), Taiwan (Ford Lio Ho), Thailand (AutoAlliance Thailand), Turkey (Ford Otosan), and Russia (Ford Sollers). The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power.
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines; by 1914, these methods were known around the world as Fordism. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover, acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively, were sold to Tata Motors in March 2008. Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to 2010. In 2011, Ford discontinued the Mercury brand, under which it had marketed entry-level luxury cars in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East since 1938.
Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker (behind General Motors) and the fifth-largest in the world (behind Toyota, VW, Hyundai-Kia and General Motors) based on 2015 vehicle production. At the end of 2010, Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe. The company went public in 1956 but the Ford family, through special Class B shares, still retain 40 percent voting rights. During the financial crisis at the beginning of the 21st century, it was close to bankruptcy, but it has since returned to profitability. Ford was the eleventh-ranked overall American-based company in the 2018 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2017 of $156.7 billion. In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide.
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