3rd Shift Production Leader — Lean, Safety & Growth

General Motors Company; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Production Shift Leader to join our Bay City, MI operations on the 3rd shift. You will lead a small to medium production team, ensure production goals, and uphold safety and quality standards in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role requires strong leadership, experience in manufacturing, and the ability to work off-shift. This position may offer relocation benefits for qualified candidates and requires adherence to GM policies and union agreements.

Qualifications

• 5 years of manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading manufacturing teams.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work off-shift and overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Maintain awareness of quality standards and communicate department quality goals, and leverage resources to solve quality issues.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with employees, union and management, and understand and administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union.
• Implement and follow systems that prevent recurrence of known issues.
• Responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment.
• Participate in the selection of new employees and train, develop and evaluate salaried and hourly employees, and develop highly effective teams.
• Lead Global Manufacturing Systems (GMS) processes across multiple departments.
• Serve as lead resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas.
• Meet or exceed production cost schedule and maintain quality requirements.
• Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping.
• Motivates, trains and develops employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods.
• Ensure team members receive adequate JIT (job instruction training).
• Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and productivity improvements.
• Coach, teach, counsel and mentor Group Leaders in these responsibilities.
• Interface with OEMs.
• Collaborate with Execution Controls Engineers.
• Drive OSTS (Operator Support Tracking System) to completion.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Team leadership

Manufacturing environment

Off-shift work

Overtime readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Production Shift Leader to join our Bay City, MI operations on the 3rd shift. You will lead a small to medium production team, ensure production goals, and uphold safety and quality standards in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role requires strong leadership, experience in manufacturing, and the ability to work off-shift. This position may offer relocation benefits for qualified candidates and requires adherence to GM policies and union agreements.