Dimensional Planning Engineer

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The Dimensional Planning Engineer follows a program from the beginning and then continue to support the assembly plant for the life of the vehicle line. Each engineer is assigned a specific assembly plant and associated stamping plant. All vehicle lines at those plants will be the responsibility of the engineer to manage.

Main responsibility is for all dimensional fixtures and metrology which is used by the plants to monitor the dimensions of the vehicle line in the body shop and stamping sub-assembly shops.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSc, Engineering (preferably Mechanical)
• 2+ years' experience in the automotive manufacturing space, preferably within body engineering
• Knowledge and experience with product CAD (Catia/NX)
• Knowledge and experience in quality operating systems, processes, and engineering deliverables
• Leadership communication skills consistent with reporting out to Managers and Chief Engineers.
• Travel required to support all Canada, Mexico and US assembly locations
MS Office including MS Project

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 childcare 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

This position is salary grade range 5-8

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

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What you'll do:

• Responsible to respond to future model milestone studies.
  • Interface with suppliers for quotes. Issue SOW
  • Interface with assembly and stamping plants for metrology needs. Verify metrology assumptions can allow the plants to deliver the control plan.
  • Interface with Manufacturing Engineering and Vehicle Line Specialist for program assumptions.
  • Interface with documentation group to ensure Assembly Flow Diagrams are correct for the fixtures being provided.
  • Ensure study includes budget for all fixture and equipment that the plants will need. Include budget for LD file development and DVA studies.
  • SPOC for responding to change requests
  • Verify timing for Part Coordination Fixture events is correct in VPP
• Manage program checkbook.
  • Ensure program funding is in the correct line items in financial system.
  • Issue requisitions for suppliers
  • Work with purchasing to issue Purchase Orders
• Delivery of fixtures and metrology
  • Ensure fixtures and metrology can meet program timing.
  • Follow fixtures through design, build and install. Includes coordinating design reviews and build buyoffs. Ensure suppliers have proper CAD for designing fixtures.
  • Ensure fixtures are placed on the facilities layout in the proper location.
  • Coordinate getting parts for Repeatability and Reproducibility studies. Get parts for Sheet Metal Functional build.
  • Resolve all fixture issues
  • Develop plan for CMM and Scanbox programs to support control plan and launch
  • Launch future metrology at the plants.
  • Gather Lessons Learned and drive back to suppliers and standards.