The Vehicle Operations Plant Risk Manager (PRM) will provide overall supervision to a team of plant safety engineers as well as strategic guidance and operational support to the assigned facility.  Successful managers in this role will be highly motivated self-starters who will achieve results by balancing focused tactical execution against an overall strategic action plan. The PRM must have proven experience motivating and interacting with production and skilled trade employees, aligning and engaging leadership, verifying hazard controls, recognizing and managing risk, and building talent. The PRM must also be competent in developing and supporting high-performing safety and security teams as well as elevating the focus, skills, knowledge, and performance across the assigned facility.

It is critical that candidates operate as business leaders who balance safe operations and business performance and demands. This role exists to provide technical guidance to the facility as well as establish consistent, world-class safety control measures. The PRM will interact with various stakeholders within the assigned facility, including management, Union representatives, security personnel and hourly employees to balance safe operations, and upholding the SOS and FoS principles by motivating and interacting with all employees and engaging leaders.

This position reports directly to the FoM Regional Safety and Security Manager (RSSM)

Experience: Successful candidates should have a Bachelor in Safety, Engineering or related field. Work experience of at least 5+ years with direct responsibility for all aspects of the Safety management in a manufacturing environment. This role requires “hands-on” experience in manufacturing safety management, and/or manufacturing operations.

In addition, the candidate should have:

Have the ability and flexibility to work in a team setting and be able to lead a team
Have effective decision-making skills in a fast-paced manufacturing setting
Have thorough knowledge of state and national OHS laws and Codes of Practice and operational knowledge of Corporate Safety Standards, FPS and their application to manufacturing
Experience or ability to work with the Union
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal, negotiation and persuasion skills
Ability to guide and influence all levels of the organization
Conflict management skills
Strong analytical, Six Sigma problem solving and organization skills
Ability to manage projects and track progress through critical milestones

The successful candidate must also show direct experience in at least one of the following four disciplines:

Operations Leadership – direct functional oversight of people, performance management, period spend and budget oversight, scheduling, conflict resolution, and capital projects.

Hazard Identification/Risk Management – Experience with design safety review, capital project installation, risk assessment with hazard recognition methodologies, or risk reduction oversight are examples of key skills

People Development – Experience in any aspect of talent acquisition, talent development, or labor relations activities. Examples are contract negotiations, campus recruiting, oversight of growth and development plans, conflict resolution, or mentoring.

Energy Control/Power Lockout (ECPL) – Direct, hands-on experience in managing employee interactions with energized equipment (lockout) and electrical distribution systems (Electrical Safety).

Abilities and Personal Characteristics:

Own Working Together – Builds strong relationships, is a team player. Assists in the development of others. Communicates clearly, concisely, and candidly.

Deliver Results– Makes sound decisions using facts and data. Will hold themselves and others to be responsible and accountable for delivering results and satisfying the customer. Considers the opportunities and risks associated with various options and can select the course of action with the highest probability of success.

Fosters Functional and Technical Excellence – Has a passion for our business. Ensures discipline in the process. Has a continuous improvement philosophy and practice.

Demonstrate Ford OS Behaviors - Focus, Excellence and Collaboration 

Responsibilities for Internal Candidates

This position reports directly to the RSSM and is dotted line to the facility Plant Manager or Assistant Plant Manager and has supervisory responsibility for the safety engineers and CSH

Develop, Communicate and Execute Safety FoM Strategic Action Plan across the facility’s, assure the compliance of specific new initiatives required in the facility, Ford standards &  regulations.

Work with multiple stakeholders internal and external to Ford, including STPS, NA Manufacturing Safety, Union VOME/PTME, Medical, Ergonomics, Ford Land, Corporate Safety, ERSI, CLE, Security, Fire, MP&L, Global Investigations, Company suppliers and vendors as they work in and around the facilities and the site, ensuring they adhere to applicable safety standards and guidelines

Serve as a coach and subject matter expert resource to organizational leadership i.e. OCM, providing data and information to drive safety within the facility and the site as a whole.
 

Verify hazard controls and manage risk, including proactively driving teams to anticipate, recognize and evaluate hazards and associated risks
 

Establish and monitor leading and lagging metrics to help the plant reduce injuries, including SOS data and multiple plant operating scorecards and dashboards.  Understand, interpret and communicate relevant Corporate Safety standards and specifications to ensure safety compliance for the various operations and processes.

Provide technical and professional guidance to foster a high performing team of Safety Engineers.  

Ensure safety resource balancing across the majority of production shifts, providing partnership to the Union safety organization and safety support to the facility
 

Actively support project safety management for construction and machine installation activities on assigned programs, as applicable
 

Work with the respective facility L&D to ensure appropriate and timely delivery of safety training programs to each of the plant departments for the hourly and salary workforce, including Corporate and Legal mandated safety training
 

Support/lead in the investigation of safety incidents/near misses/lessons learned and update standards/requirements as needed to prevent recurrence
 

Present the knowledge, confidence and ability to take immediate and appropriate actions in regard to establishing and maintaining appropriate safeguarding measures
 

Support internal/external auditing activities where necessary and assist the facility with appropriate corrective action implementation including procuring funding.
 

Act as a support in facility Emergency Response Team management and training activities, including Evacuation situations with Security and Medical Team
 

Advise management as to compliance of the local and national collective bargaining agreements regarding safety topics
 

Support/Facilitate/Standardize Safety Process Review Board Meetings ans all Safety Meetings
 

Support and lead the FoM SAP strategies defined and assure the implementation in all the facility
 

Active participation in the FoM or Corporate Safety innovations;  Safety 4.0, data analitycs, black belt projects, New Safety Models or strategies, etc.
 

Lead efforts in assigned facility to engage production and skilled trade hourly employees in applicable safety processes.
 

Provide guidance to facility to elevate employee ownership, increase the effectiveness of safety committees, and create or sustain multiple avenues of communication and feedback.
 

Serve as a coach and expert resource to the plant leaders, safety leaders and Operating Committee Members (OCM) on safety, communications and programs related to Occupational Health & Safety.
 

Provide technical and professional guidance on growth and development plans for each safety team member.
Coach and mentor early-career safety professionals and development candidates
 

Conduct or take part in performance reviews with plant safety professionals
 

Output Metrics

Lagging Metrics: Lost Time Case Rate (LTCR) HPI PFE Fatalities FTOV
Leading Metrics:
Safety GPA/Issue Tracking Actions
SOI
SKY
ICBA
Safety Operating System Focused Audits
SOS Self-Assessment
MAS 

Safety Culture
Training

Regulatory compliance