Director Operational Technology Engineer Jobs in Tennessee

In this position...
This is an Enterprise Technology operation-based role that supports the all-new Tennessee Truck Plant where the next generation Ford Truck will be built. This is an outstanding opportunity to be a member of the Site IT team and assist in redefining how site IT supports manufacturing for the future of Ford's truck.
As a member of the Plant IT team, you will be in hands on assisting and launching the plant in producing this very exciting and brand-new platform of vehicles for the NA consumer market. As part of the job responsibilities, you will interface and support IT across a broad host of Infrastructure & Applications that the plant uses to produce these exhilarating vehicles. The successful candidate will be working with a local team to provide support that includes technical troubleshooting, data analysis & problem resolution for the applications & infrastructure on the plant floor for Battery pack and Vehicle plant.
Will contribute on leading various efforts to ensure all responsible manufacturing applications meet Ford's productivity goals. You will also interface daily with all business departments in the plant, from assembly and industrial controls to quality and manufacturing / logistics.
Pre-production builds will begin in late 2027 with full production late 2028.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Technology related.
• We are looking for recent graduate with college projects experience or at most 3 years related-work experience. Most important, people willing to learn with excellent work ethics and with high desire to make a difference. 
• Resourceful, creative, self-driven. 
• Ability to support a multi-shift, 24x7 operation
   

What you will be learning...

• Extensive knowledge of Manufacturing Business Processes (Powertrain, Vehicle Operations)
• Broad knowledge of IT Infrastructure and manufacturing applications
• Ability to manage through difficult situations
• Ability to proactively manage critical application availability in a production environment

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 salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.      
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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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What you'll do...

• Support, launch, deploy all new systems required for the plant, End user Support, Applications from quality to production.
• Support a multi-shift operation in launch mode of a greenfield manufacturing plant.
• Work flexible hours and rotating schedule to support business processes (days, nights and or weekends/holidays) This role will primarily be day shift until 2027.
• Provide technical support (Manufacturing IT applications, infrastructure, operating systems, end-user-productivity tools) to plant business customers throughout the manufacturing plant
• Interface with corporate IT and business owners to prioritize improvement efforts
• Support Plant Floor Systems / PDO teams in resolving incidents; Provide triage and business continuity plans, support escalations, provide hands and feet to support teams and other global teams (i.e. DBA, Server Operations, Ops Control, Network Operations)
• Focus on the integration / long term maintenance of applications and hardware
• Assist site IT manager with managing assignments and workload
• Develop, maintain, and share, accurate support documentation
• Support local network equipment in a Cisco based environment
• Support local servers across both physical and virtual environments in a Windows and Linux based ecosystem
• Support FOT deployments and expansion efforts utilizing IIIOT, iOS, software-defined network, mobile, and Android based equipment.