Facilities Engineer, Ford Energy

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 Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Why Ford Energy?
At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands. Learn more at https://fordenergy.com.

In this position...
As a Facilities Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the technical integrity and operational uptime of our startup manufacturing environment. In this critical role, you will:

- Lead with Integrity: Ensure the safe, reliable, and ethical operation of mission critical facilities and utilities systems.

- Innovate: Apply an entrepreneurial mindset to optimize complex systems through data-driven maintenance strategies.

- Drive Excellence: Be the subject matter expert for facilities/ utilities reliability, ensuring our facility operates with the precision required to deliver world-class energy products.

You'll have...

- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline; however, candidates with substantial Facilities or Utilities engineering experience (6+ years) will be considered.
- Direct experience operating and maintaining Facilities and/or Utilities systems, including but not limited to: Hot Oil Systems, HVACD, Water Systems, Chillers, Electrical Power Distribution, Building Infrastructure, Technical Facilities Management, Boilers, Chemical Processes, Controls, SCADA, etc.
- Experience in high-growth manufacturing or chemical processing environments.
- Flexibility to support business needs by working across shifts, including nights, weekends, and extended hours as required.

Even better, you may have...

- Master’s degree in Engineering, manufacturing, or related field preferred
- Battery or Chemical Manufacturing experience.
- Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
- Proficiency in reading P&IDs, technical drawings, and experience with CMMS platforms.
- Strong knowledge of electrical (medium and low voltage) and instrumentation systems, PLCs, automation, or SCADA platforms.
- Strong project management skills and experience supervising specialized contractors.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical systems including pumps, valves, piping, etc.

Leadership Attributes

- Strategic Visionary: Able to translate the rapidly evolving global energy storage market into actionable maintenance strategies.
- Decisive Under Pressure: The ability to remain calm and make rapid, data-driven decisions during facility constraints or critical equipment failures.
- Adaptability: The resilience to lead a team through the ambiguity of a new site startup, where processes are being built and refined in real-time.
- Business Partner: The ability to translate technical maintenance requirements into sound financial business cases for executive stakeholders Visionary strategic thinker able to navigate rapidly evolving global energy storage markets.

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.

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.
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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