Plant Launch Coordinator

1 week ago


Pretoria, South Africa Ford Motor Company Full time

Execute Build plan and complete on time
- Executive control plan as per Build plan
- Complete WSR 100% with zero risk issues
- Complete 100% Training Level per build phase
- All issues on AIM and resolved before next build phase
- Undertake root cause analysis and ensure Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA’s) are implemented while ensuring part and product quality.
- Optimization of processes to meet objectives of lowering cost and/or improving productivity.
- Providing assistance in the assembly and maintenance of engineering and other technical files.
- Bachelors degree in Engineering
- 2-3 years motor industry or related work experience.
- Communication Skill

Computer literacy
- Lead the work station readiness process at each build phase
- Ensure workstations are updated to new process (FPS) and evaluate the readiness to established metrics
- Validate product/process capability, logging all discovered issues and managing them to resolution.
- Lead the build, validate the Man Assignment and Quality Process sheets
- Identify and classify all base, difficult and critical jobs and manage their resolution
- Develop a comprehensive plan with Launch Planned Workforce Readiness (LPWR) leader to train and certify all direct and direct employees on their job
- Support all the builds and shifts to meet training requirements.
- Lead in the development of Operator Instruction Sheet (OIS) and Work Element Sheet (WES)
- Implement preliminary Control Plan, identify the changes and implement what is needed to meet the requirements
- Identify all the incapable processes (High Hurts) and address prior to pre-production build
- Work with Vehicle Operations Manufacturing Engineering (VOME) to ensure all the tools and facility is ready to support the pre-production builds
- Coordinate tooling, facility changes and equipment installations
- Identify, track and resolve tooling, process and design concerns encountered during the builds
- Part Confirmation Fixture (TCB) coordination
- Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis’s plus resolution plans
- Implement preliminary Health Charts, identify the changes and implement what is needed to meet the requirements



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