Manager, Employee Relations, Greenfield Sites

Join us in shaping the future of Ford! As the Manager of Employee Relations for a key business unit within Manufacturing (Greenfield Sites), you will play a crucial role in driving our people’s strategy during this unprecedented transformation. In this position, you will design, implement, and maintain proactive employee relations strategies that foster trust, communication, and engagement within the workforce. You will serve as a strategic advisor to HR and leadership teams, ensuring alignment with our company culture and communication goals. Using data-driven insights, cross-functional collaboration, and innovative engagement tactics, you will enhance employee experiences, mitigate risks, and maintain a workplace where employees feel valued, included, and heard. This high-impact role allows you to directly influence the employee experience by creating a high-performing, collaborative, and engaged workforce that will drive Ford’s next chapter.

If you’re passionate about building scalable HR solutions and thrive in a dynamic environment, we invite you to join us. This role is hybrid and requires at least 4 days onsite in the Dearborn, MI office.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of relevant experience in employee relations, labor relations, or labor/employment law with emphasis on labor and employee relations; or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 3-5 years in a leadership focused role on ER, LR or strategic HR leadership in manufacturing or industrial setting
• Experience supporting large workforces (over 1,000+ employees)
• Willing to travel 30-40%, if needed
• Skilled in MS Excel, Word, SharePoint & PowerPoint

Even better, you may have…
• 8+ years of relevant experience in employee relations, labor relations, or labor/employment law with emphasis on labor and employee relations; or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Prior experience in supporting startup facilities
• Experience building and launching programs that measurably impact positive engagement
• Ability to collaborate across departments to influence business and HR stakeholders
• Fluency in multiple languages
• Previous experience managing within operations
• Ability to handle privilege and confidential matters
• High quality and sound decision making

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

This position is a salary grade 6.

This position is a range of salary grades LL6 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.