Engineering Specialist - Quality/Process
Ford · Kansas City, MO
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Certification
- Green Belt preferred
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 4 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Ford (automotive) in Kansas City, MO. Get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.
- They ask for
- degree preferred · Green Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Green Belt, Kaizen, 5S, Value stream mapping
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 15 other live quality postings in Missouri.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $100k–$141k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Six Sigma 69%
- ✓ Root cause 56%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 44%
- ISO 9001 38%
- CAPA 38%
- ✓ Lean 38%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, Value stream mapping, Kanban, DMAIC, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Ford
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Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting mentions a Green Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Ford in Kansas City
3 other open roles at this site.
- Resident STA Quality Engineer · Quality
- Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
- Tool & Die Maker - Kansas City Assembly Plant (KCAP) · Production · Technician
Full description from FordAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Required Skills/Capabilities
- ✓8D and 5Why corrective action and problem-solving
- ✓Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping
- ✓TQM and Kaizen Methods
- ✓Visual Factory Management
- ✓Microsoft Office proficiency (Word/Excel/Outlook)
Required Behaviors
- ✓Outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
- ✓Proven critical thinker and troubleshooter to deliver industry leading quality
- ✓Highly committed to process improvement and innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset
- ✓Strong curiosity and passionate about continuous learning
- ✓Demonstrates inclusion and values diversity
- ✓Perseveres through setbacks and disappointments to drive results
Even better, you may have...
- ✓Bachelors degree in Engineering / Technology preferred
- ✓FMEA, PPAP, and DOE experience preferred
- ✓Six Sigma: DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience preferred
- ✓Ergonomic analysis knowledge and experience preferred
- ✓Six Sigma Green Belt certified preferred
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, and prescription drug coverage
- ✓Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.
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As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.
In this position...
Own the Quality and the capability of the manufacturing processes within the Assembly department
What you'll do...
- •Apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to drive continuous improvement to manufacturing processes
- •Lead development of interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D methodology and structured problem-solving tools
- •Play an integral part in the Launch process by establishing and monitoring quality target levels at the workstation level for each build phase to validate workstations readiness
- •Conduct process audits to ensure process adheres to Vehicle Operations guidelines and specific process standards
- •Act as team leader in resolving assembly related concerns. Lead variability reduction and lean manufacturing initiatives and best practices.
- •Support ISO 14001 compliance and support internal ISO auditing and compliance as required
- •Lead development of solutions for throughput constraints
- •Manage and direct statistical process control activities
- •Review internal/external suppliers for critical characteristic process compatibility
- •Support efficiency planning to ensure workstation are properly set up with quality risks identified and addressed
You'll have...
- •Education: High School Diploma
- •Manufacturing/Technology engineering work experience
- •Previous automotive and quality analysis experience
- •Previous production supervision
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
At Ford, the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combating COVID-19. As a result, Ford has made the decision to require U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless employees require an accommodation for religious or medical reasons. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.