Launch Coordinator

General Motors Company; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Company in Lansing, MI seeks a GA Launch Coordinator to lead launch activities, ensure operational readiness, and resolve issues across cross-functional teams. You will report to the GA Launch Manager and collaborate with Plant Launch Operations to meet launch milestones.

Responsibilities include onboarding Core Team members, leading readiness meetings, and coordinating tooling validation, process integration, and SPQRCE-focused issue resolution throughout the launch lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in manufacturing, launch, manufacturing engineering, quality, or related field.
• Experience supporting high-volume General Assembly or launch processes.
• Knowledge of GA processes, tooling, and automation.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, communication, organization, and project-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and training for Core Team members and develop leaders.
• Facilitate daily launch-readiness meetings to resolve issues and protect timing.
• Analyze design, tooling, and specification issues affecting SPQRCE.
• Lead JES and SOS integration for General Assembly.
• Drive the seven-diamond problem-solving process and support issue resolution.
• Coordinate build readiness, tooling validation, and process integration for events.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Project management

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

GPDS

Master Dot tracking

Job description

Job Description

The Role

As the GA Launch Coordinator, you will lead General Assembly launch activities and current production productivity and improvement activities with support from the GA Launch Manager, Plant Launch Operations Manager, and other plant personnel. You will use plant knowledge, relationships, and influence to execute launch-related activities, ensure operational readiness, and resolve issues. This role supports cross-functional integration from Vehicle Program Initiation (VPI) -8 through Launch Team Release (LTR) and aligns execution with the Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP), Global Launch Process, and GM manufacturing standards. You will report directly to the GA Launch Manager.

What you'll do

• Lead onboarding and training for Core Team members and support development of Group Leaders and launch personnel.
• Facilitate daily Plant Issue Team, Shift Leader, and launch-readiness meetings to resolve build issues and protect launch timing.
• Analyze design, tooling, and specification issues affecting Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment (SPQRCE).
• Lead development of the initial JES and SOS integration for General Assembly.
• Drive the seven-diamond problem-solving process, lead the GA Single Issues List (SIL), and support PIT/IRT issue resolution and escalation.
• Coordinate build readiness, tooling validation, process integration, and Process Verification Builds for IVER, pre-production, pilot, and MVB events.
• Participate in easel board reviews at IVER and lead GA discussions during Virtual Tryout events.
• Execute change management for tooling, material, and process controls; partner with the Launch Material Coordinator on PTRs, ETOs, and EWOs.
• Support Master Dot compliance, open issues, launch metrics, risks, countermeasures, and recovery actions; report GA status to the GA Launch Manager and PLOM.
• Support cross-functional risk assessments, Special Action Teams, boundary-sample reviews, PCP verification, capacity audits, and Run Rate activities as required.
• Coordinate PIT/IRT, facilities, equipment, budget, manpower, and Core Team activities while supporting launch targets.
• Support the GA manufacturing validation and dimensional tune-in plans, drive ergonomics issue resolution, and account for plant build restrictions.
• Provide production leadership and input to GMS implementation, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate and support buy-off of GA-owned vehicle items before shipment.
• Work with current production for optimization and productivity gains.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, launch, manufacturing engineering, quality, or a related field.
• Experience supporting high volume General Assembly or launch processes.
• Working knowledge of General Assembly processes, tooling, and automation.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership, problem-solving, communication, organization, and project-management skills.
• Ability to work flexible shifts and overtime as needed during launch activities.
• Ability to travel domestically on a limited basis.

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Previous people-leader experience.
• Vehicle math and design knowledge.
• Knowledge of the Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP), PIT standards, and launch-readiness processes.
• Proficiency with launch-readiness metrics, GPDS, and Master Dot tracking.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, management, manufacturing, or a related field.

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. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (E.G., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, ETC.).

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Work Arrangement:

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Lansing, MI on a full-time basis.

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. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.

Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

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