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STA Site Engineer at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification Bachelors
  • Experience 10 – 15 years
  • Location Gauteng
  • City Pretoria
  • Job Field Engineering / Technical 

STA Site Engineer at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

STA Site Engineer

Job Description

  • Good communication and listening skills
  • Self-starter and team player
  • Attention to detail 
  • Be able to work under pressure and to multitask
  • Proficient in English language
  • MS Excel, MS PowerPoint skill & experience

Responsibilities

  • Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with Launch STA team (Ex: Schedule A, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution). Escalate significant issues promptly and ‘date to green’ plan to appropriate management 
  • Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs
  • Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance with PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) requirements 
  • Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, CP reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicable
  • LEAN principles expertise (Bill of Design / Bill of Process / Bill of Materials)
  • Drive Supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new health charts
  • Drive suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA Technical Specialists and Industrialization Reviews
  • Support Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams 
  • Drive capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers in line with the GCP study requirements 
  • Drive Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed – Production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan 
  • Monitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and Blue bar status of PPAPs beyond implementation timing
  • Review supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (CAR) for compliance with capacity requirements
  • Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health chart deployment, Supplier training as required.
  • Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as required.
  • Drive new supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of GCST, identifying Risk Mitigation.
  • Drive closure of supplier process responsible quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent Action 
  • Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance.     

Qualifications

  • Qualification: B Tech Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or academic equivalent.
  • 10 – 15 years of relevant experience in motor Industry
  • In depth process & technical experience in Injection Moulding, Painting Processes and Interior / Exterior Soft & Hard Trim commodities
  • Relevant work experience in LEAN Principles
  • Knowledge of Problem Solving and Quality systems and tools
  • Experience in Quality systems, tools and techniques
  • Project management experience
  • Supply / Crisis Management Experience
  • Knowledge & Experience in manufacturing process(es) viz., Injection Molding, Painting, Stampings and Modular assembly

Apply Before
01/17/2026

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa on efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com to apply

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