Chem Lab Engineering Specialist
Ford Motor Company
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- Location
- Sterling Heights, MI
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 21
- 1 day ago
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About the company
Ford Motor Company
Automotive · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Sterling Axle Chem Lab Engineering Specialist is a critical dual-function role responsible for leading the plant’s contamination control strategy and managing the daily operations of the Chemical Laboratory. This individual acts as the primary subject matter expert for the Contamination Quality Operating System (QOS), ensuring all production areas meet rigorous Engineering Specifications (ES) through advanced analytical testing and data-driven insights.
- The successful candidate will blend technical expertise in materials analysis. You will be responsible for driving continuous improvement in contamination controls, managing laboratory budgets, and ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, and throughput.
What you need
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related Engineering discipline.
- Technical Experience: Proven experience operating laboratory analytical equipment, specifically Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) and Optical Microscopes.
- Manufacturing Knowledge: Experience working within a manufacturing or industrial laboratory environment with a focus on quality systems.
- Leadership: Prior experience supervising hourly personnel, ideally within a unionized (UAW) environment.
- Specialized Skills: Proficiency with FTIR analysis and PAMAS particle counting systems.
- Audit Experience: Familiarity with ISO standards and conducting internal/external quality audits.
- Analytical Mindset: Strong ability to interpret complex data trends and perform root-cause analysis for technical failures.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for presenting technical findings to non-technical leadership.
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, 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.
Key skills
Advanced analytical testingData-driven insights
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Sterling Axle Chem Lab Engineering Specialist is a critical dual-function role responsible for leading the plant’s contamination control strategy and managing the daily operations of the Chemical Laboratory. This individual acts as the primary subject matter expert for the Contamination Quality Operating System (QOS), ensuring all production areas meet rigorous Engineering Specifications (ES) through advanced analytical testing and data-driven insights.