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Ford Motor Company

BOM Engineer

Mexico City, Mexico

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a BOM Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the completeness and quality of the Bill of Materials (BOM) throughout the Change Management Process and during prototype builds. Your responsibilities will include:

Coordination and Quality Assurance: Ensure that the BOM is complete and accurate, supporting the seamless execution of Change Management processes.

Impact Analysis: Monitor and track the impact of changes on material costs, weight, and investment from the early stages through to program approval.

Collaboration with Prototype Purchasing: Work closely with the Prototype Purchasing team to qualify the Prototype BOM, facilitating the initiation of the Prototype Sourcing process.

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Support for Prototype Fit Process: Ensure the BOM aligns with the design intent and is accurately represented in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, ensuring that prototypes fit and function as intended.

Data Integrity: Maintain and update the BOM in the PLM system (TcE), ensuring that all changes are reflected accurately and in a timely manner.

Your expertise will be vital in aligning design intent with physical prototypes, contributing to the overall success of product development and approval processes. This position requires a detail-oriented professional with strong analytical skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple departments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Achieve financial control file and early BOM system alignment to start Change Control Process on time.
  • Provide early BOM system, change management process and Change Management Form (CMF) tool training to customers (Design and Release Engineer, Finance, etc.)
  • Lead and achieve Product Direction Letter (PDL) alignment in early BOM based on Team Information Bulletins (TIB)
  • Drive CMF resolution, tracking and development of Cost, Weight and Investment changes in early BOM system including troubleshooting.
  • Manage Road Maps, Risks & Opportunities generation and on time disposition.
  • Create and maintain Cost, Weight and Investment tracking file in order to preserve change history.
  • Manage reports (Cost, Weight and Investment) to provide accurate and updated information.
  • Lead Change Control meeting. Assure agenda content and key players' participation.
  • Support decision forums and program meetings
  • Request and validate that the prototype BOM file for active program is created with accurate data.
  • Develop a work plan for prototype BOM file management, start date, cadence and interaction model with purchasing, engineering and program management teams.
  • Understand upcoming build module requirements and the impact to BOM / purchasing system blanket order requirements.
  • Follow up issues on prototype BOM and contact the responsible/owner of the part(s) so all required information is entered in the prototype BOM.
  • Update Purchasing comments with the latest Causal codes and drive resolution of all engineering issues required to progress purchasing system blanket orders (both qualified and non-qualified parts)
  • Review and analyze all changes in the early BOM system to determine the proper action in the PLM system to maintain systems aligned.
  • Support reviews to digital bucks and drive issues to closure
  • Lead strategy for a smart digital representation in the PLM system of the design intent, avoiding over and under representation of parts declared in the early BOM system.


QUALIFICATIONS

  • Engineering degree.
  • English proficiency.
  • PC / 3D CAD desirable / PDM systems knowledge (Windows / CATIA V5 / Teamcenter Engineering/3DX).
  • Microsoft Office management (Word, Excel, and Power Point).
  • Expert in Microsoft Excel desirable (macros, VB coding).
  • Ability to analyze complex problems and assess possible solutions.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills both in Spanish and English
  • Ability to prioritize and plan effectively.
  • A commitment to keep up to date with new technology.
  • Excellent team working and people skills.
  • Leadership, persuasion, and influence on others

Client-provided location(s): Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Job ID: Ford-36846
Employment Type: Other