Team Manager, Battery Cell/Assembly Facilities, BlueOval Battery Park Michigan

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford’s legacy of innovation is about to reach new heights. Imagine being on the ground floor of something truly extraordinary. At BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, we’re not just assembling battery systems; we’re leading a transformation. As a key member of our start-up team, you’ll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to launch a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility from the ground up. Imagine: you, at the forefront of the electrification movement, helping to bring the next generation of vehicles to driveways, job sites and highways everywhere.

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.

If you're ready to change the way the world moves, join us at BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a new state-of-the-art campus in Marshall, Michigan. You'll be a key member of the team that brings the electrification revolution to driveways, job sites, and highways everywhere. BlueOval Battery Park Michigan will produce lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells for the next generation of Ford EV passenger vehicles and trucks.

In this position...

As Facilities Manager, you will own the buildings, utilities, and critical infrastructure that keep a high-precision cell manufacturing operation running. That includes the cell plant, the battery pack plant, and the auxiliary buildings across the complex.

What you'll do...

• People Leadership: Build the team, develop talent, and establish the organizational structure, including shift coverage and on-call support, for a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Ensure safety, quality, on-time delivery, and cost-effectiveness.
• Operations & Maintenance: Lead the operation, maintenance, and repair of all facility systems, including HVAC, heating, air compressors, boilers, chillers, electrical distribution, and building envelope. Establish preventive and predictive maintenance programs that maximize uptime and protect production output and product quality.
• Construction: Lead the planning and commissioning of factory buildings and electromechanical facilities across the cell plant, pack plant, and auxiliary buildings. Manage projects from concept to handover for new construction, renovations, expansions, and upgrades.
• Critical Process Utilities: Own the reliability of the systems that battery manufacturing depends on. These include:
  • Dry rooms and low-dew-point air handling
  • Clean rooms and controlled-environment HVAC
  • Chilled and process cooling water
  • Compressed air and nitrogen
  • Process exhaust and NMP/solvent recovery
  • High-voltage power distribution, backup power, and UPS
• Site Infrastructure & Auxiliary Buildings: Manage the complex's supporting infrastructure, including utility yards, wastewater and water treatment, roads, security, warehouses, offices, and ancillary facilities. Coordinate the interfaces between the cell plant and the pack plant.
• Energy & Sustainability: Drive energy savings, consumption reduction, and emissions reduction across the campus. This work includes the initiation, planning, design, and implementation of related engineering projects. Dry rooms and process HVAC are major energy loads, so you will use technical and management methods to improve energy efficiency.
• Investment Discipline: Ensure sound project investment decisions and the long-term economy and stability of operations. Manage capital and operating budgets and evaluate lifecycle costs.
• Manufacturing Partnership: Work with Industrial Engineering (IE), Manufacturing, and Process Engineering on the planning and design of new projects. The goal is project schemes that are rational, economical, and reliable. Oversee on-site installation and implementation of electromechanical facilities.
• Continuous Improvement: Plan, design, and implement technology innovation and upgrades for new and existing facilities.
• EHS & Compliance: Implement the company's safety and energy management systems. Regularly conduct self-inspection and corrective action for potential hazards. Ensure compliance with applicable environmental, fire and life safety, electrical, and building codes and permits. Support emergency preparedness and business continuity planning.
• Vendor & Contractor Management: Select, manage, and hold accountable the contractors, service providers, and suppliers who support facilities construction and operations.

You'll have…

• A bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in construction, design, operation, and management of industrial plant facilities. You will have a solid theoretical foundation and hands-on knowledge of the working principles and maintenance methods of plant electrical, HVAC, and power distribution systems.
• 3+ years of experience managing and supervising teams in a facilities, and/or engineering environment
• Familiarity with planning, scheme design, and construction management for factory terminal systems (HVAC, process piping, chemical processes, etc.).
• Experience managing the operation, maintenance, and repair of factory facility systems (air conditioning, heating, air compressors, etc.).

Even better, you may have…

• 10+ years of experience in facility construction, electromechanical installation, and operations and maintenance management of industrial plants.
• 3+ years as a facility manager overseeing operations and maintenance of large factories.
• Experience with battery, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, or other dry room or cleanroom manufacturing environments.
• Experience with a multi-building campus, or with a plant launch from greenfield through start of production.
• Experience in facility management at a large multinational company (preferred).
• Knowledge of EHS and regulatory requirements for industrial facilities, such as OSHA, NFPA, EPA, and NEC.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined. If you think you can bring value to BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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