Facilities Engineer

GM of Canada Company; St. Catharines; On-site; CAD 98,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

GM of Canada Company in St. Catharines is seeking an experienced Facilities Engineer to join the Sustainable Workplace team, delivering plant engineering support and projects across a 2,300,000 SF site.

The role requires leading multi-discipline coordination, ensuring safety compliance, and managing projects through the GMC NPP process, with duties spanning capital planning, energy, and maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical engineering or related field.
• Eight or more years of facilities/plant experience.
• Experience managing facility projects with budgets, schedules, and commissioning.
• Knowledge of industrial electrical, mechanical, HVAC, utility, building, or civil systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily facilities/plant engineering and project activities for the SW/PE Team.
• Ensure compliance with OHSA, Air Quality, WAH, TSSA, and CWB regulations.
• Plan and execute future projects using GMC NPP process.
• Lead workspace transformation initiatives and space planning efforts.
• Ensure safety standards and contractor management across the site.

Skills

Team collaboration

Project management

Engineering troubleshooting

Reading engineering drawings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical, or related engineering discipline

Job description

Job Description Facilities Engineer Vacancy Status Yes - This posting is for an existing vacancy within the organization and is open to new applications. (Backfill)

AI Disclosure As part of the application process, Artificial Intelligence will be used in the hiring process for this role.

Onsite - This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to St. Catharines Propulsion Plant on a full-time basis.

Job Overview

General Motors St. Catharines Propulsion Plan is looking for an engineer to join our SW (Sustainable Workplace) Team to deliver facility and plant engineering support and projects from the very small to the very large. You will be a dynamic, committed, results driven professional who work well in a Team environment.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for daily interface and coordination of all facilities/plant engineering and project related activities for the SW/PE Team to ensure high quality and timely delivery within a 2,300,000 SF 158Ac site.

Maintain all regulatory and corporate safety requirements ie OHSA, Air Quality, WAH, TSSA, CWB, etc. Work with outside agencies to ensure GMCC meets requirement. This could be at the Local, Provincial or Federal Level - Drives successful planning and execution of future projects through GMC NPP process.

Coordinated Local PS (Performance Standard) committees ie PS3- Falls Hazard Control (WAH), PS16 - Facilities Safety Management, PS17 Fire and Explosion Control. PS13-TS 15 Indoor Air Quality, PS13-TS 16 Process Ventilation Systems. 4000 Account Champion - coordinate energy meeting, savings and implement.

Project management - developing project management requirements, plans, cost estimates, tendering process, award and execution. This will be in an extremely complex manufacturing environment to time sensitive schedules. Resolve conflicts between OBC and Corporate standards.

Responsible for supporting the workspace transformation projects by actively engaging with the Space Planning team in the change management process.

Ensuring issue and resolution of daily tenant needs and longer term projects by pulling in the required resources such as Engineering, Resource Management, Communications, Real Estate, Food and Administration Services.

Responsible to ensure the Service Provider is meeting our GM Global Safety standards (SCM - Safety Contract Management), including: Speak up for Safety, Global Call to Action, Safety Observation Tours, employee safety concerns, incident investigation, safety module compliance, and sentinel events.

Passionately communicate the benefit of the operations teams throughout the value streams in manufacturing and non-manufacturing. Drive attainment of daily facility operational goals on the campus (enabling consistent facility management, maintenance, energy supply, cleanliness, environmental compliance and material handling initiatives).

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical, or a closely related engineering discipline; equivalent technical education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Eight or more years of experience in plant facilities, industrial utilities, building systems, maintenance engineering, construction engineering, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing facility projects involving contractors, consultants, suppliers, budgets, schedules, and commissioning.
• Working knowledge of industrial electrical, mechanical, HVAC, utility, building, or civil systems sufficient to troubleshoot issues and direct technical work.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, equipment documentation, bills of material, and construction deliverables.
• Working knowledge of industrial safety practices, including hazard assessment, lockout/tagout, contractor safety, confined-space controls, and safe work permitting.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $97,800.00 to $146,600.00. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
• Healthcare, dental and vision benefits including health care spending account and wellness incentive.
• Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.
• Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement.
• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you and your family.

Relocation and Sponsorship

THIS JOB IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RELOCATIONS BENEFITS.

ANY RELOCATION COSTS WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED CANDIDATE.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

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