Senior Planner, Ford Land Manufacturing Project Delivery
Multiple U.S. locations · HybridJob$116–218K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Planner leads planning and estimating for major manufacturing facility projects, develops cost estimates and schedules, collaborates with cross‑functional teams, ensures compliance, and mentors staff while managing budgets and timelines.
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Full job description
Ford Land manages Ford Motor Company's global real estate portfolio, including strategic planning, construction, facilities, and property management.
In this position...
Lead Planning and Estimating efforts for major programs at North American manufacturing plant facilities.
What you'll do...
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Develop estimates and plans for building and infrastructure projects, working with Cost Control to validate cost efficiency.
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Consult with Ford Land Engineering on internal and external requirements for buildings, infrastructure, and plant wellness.
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Develop pre-implementation construction schedules that give the implementation team sufficient time to complete facility actions.
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Partner with MSAP to develop cost estimates for program changes during study and implementation, enter estimates into GMOD, and support GME and GPRM reviews.
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Provide the Ford Land implementation team with program requirements, budgets, and timelines.
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Collaborate with cross-functional Ford Land teams to identify cost-effective solutions, including Value Analysis and Value Engineering actions.
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Work with the Environmental Quality Office to ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements, and support Corporate Safety initiatives and health and safety compliance.
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Partner with Ford Land teams managing North American Plant Refurbishment budgets to identify synergies with future program projects.
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Supervise and mentor team members, including direct reports and matrixed staff.
You’ll have…
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Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Construction or Engineering
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7+ years of related experience in construction
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Strong expertise in multiple engineering disciplines including civil, architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering.
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Experience working with the VOME, Stamping, and Material handling organization
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Experience with working with and understanding the needs of our manufacturing facilities.
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Strong communication skills both oral and written.
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Ability to manage external relationships with consultants, contractors, subcontractors and service providers.
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Knowledge of planning, estimating, scheduling and construction processes.
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Strong program/project management expertise, including the ability to manage multiple projects.
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Ability to travel as Required
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:
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Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
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Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
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Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
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Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
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Tuition assistance
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Established and active employee resource groups
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Paid time off for individual and team community service
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A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
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Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6 (https://urldefense.com/v3/\_\_https:/fordcareers.co/LL6\_\_;!!N\_LtwI-RPugbI9wg0dJn!F7636SIZeEVPI42hA5aZYXT3uxU70ItPR0zLAhMKhy6TeIwaGNsIo9f3SgvO9-NlVK2T7aE\_MBn0yLs$)
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid
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How this job compares
Set against the 583 open Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$116–218K/yr
- US median$80–115K/yr313 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $167K, is 71% above the US median midpoint ($98K) — in the top quarter of Planner salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 17 open Planner jobs in Indiana and 583 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Planner postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 430 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 305 of the 583 open Planner jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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