Safety Investigations Program Coordinator

Ford Motor Company

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About the Role

This position supports the Critical Concern Review Group (CCRG) team by coordinating the day-to-day operational and administrative backbone of safety-defect and compliance investigations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Tracking investigation timelines, action items, and deliverables to keep cases on schedule.
  • Scheduling, coordinating agendas for, and facilitating investigation-related meetings.
  • Assisting in the preparation of presentations, reports, and investigation documentation in accordance with document-retention guidelines.
  • Supporting submission of regulatory documentation when necessary.
  • Coordinating logistics for special vehicle and component demonstrations for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Maintaining a lessons-learned tracker to help feed insights back into process-improvement and recall-prevention initiatives.
  • Applying program-management tools (project plans, trackers, dashboards, RAID logs) to monitor multiple concurrent investigations and flag risks proactively.
  • Provide dedicated program-management support to the CCRG Chair and Deputy Chair.
  • Plan, organize, and facilitate investigation-related meetings—building agendas, driving discussion, capturing minutes and action items, and following up with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Coordinate cross-functional communication and information-gathering among Product Development, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Suppliers, and field organizations to support fact-finding for active investigations.
  • Support logistics and coordination for special vehicle and component demonstrations, special tests, and field surveys.
  • Maintain and update the team's lessons-learned repository.
  • Partner with regional and global teams to help coordinate resolution of worldwide vehicle concerns, ensuring alignment on timelines and next steps.

Requirements & Tech Stack

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Program/Project Management, or a related field is preferred.
  • PMP, CAPM, or similar program/project management certification.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional meetings or facilitating task forces in an engineering, automotive, or regulatory environment.
  • Familiarity with safety, quality, or compliance investigation processes.
  • Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Hybrid work model with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

Salary Information

  • Salary Grade 5: $65,100 - $109,300
  • Salary Grade 6: $74,300 - $124,500
  • Salary Grade 7: $86,600 - $144,900
  • Salary Grade 8: $99,100 - $166,200

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience.

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