Ford Adding Hundreds Of Jobs At Dearborn Truck Plant

DEARBORN, MI — Ford Motor Company is adding hundreds of new jobs at the Ford Rouge Complex in Dearborn, the company announced Thursday.

Ford is adding a third shift at the plant to ramp up production of the F-150, creating roughly 900 new jobs early next year. The automaker also said it will also transfer roughly 500 employees from its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to the Dearborn Truck plant to join the new third shift.

Additionally, the move will create 100 more jobs in Louisville, where they make the larger Super Duty pickups, the company said.

"The people who keep our country running depend on America’s most popular vehicle — F-Series trucks — and we are mobilizing our team to meet that demand," Ford Chief Operating Officer Kumar Galhotra said in a statement. "As America’s leading auto producer, we will work with the UAW and our suppliers to quickly increase output at our F-Series plants in Michigan and Kentucky."

Ford is looking to produce 50,000 more F-Series trucks in 2026. More than 45,000 of those will be made at the Dearborn Truck Plant, with the help of the new third crew.

Elsewhere at the Ford Rouge Complex, Ford will add 90 employees at Dearborn Stamping Plant and 80 employees at Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant to support the increase.

Activity at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, where the F-150 Lightning is assembled, will remain paused as the company prioritizes gas and hybrid F-Series trucks. The automaker said those trucks are more profitable for them and use less aluminum.