Senior Mechanical Journeyperson: Automation & PM Expert

generalmotors; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking qualified Mechanical Journeypersons (Machine Repair) to join our team. You will perform maintenance, repair, and calibration of industrial machinery across shafts, motors, pumps, CNC spindles and related equipment in a fast-paced plant environment.

The role requires hands-on problem solving, experience with safety standards, blueprints, and the ability to work flexible shifts, including overtime.

Qualifications

• At least six years of related experience or a U.S. Department of Labor Certificate of Completion in the Machine Repair trade.
• Must be able to satisfactorily complete GM hiring process requirements including comprehensive assessments, drug testing, and a background check
• At least 18 years of age
• Eligible to work in the United States
• Must be willing to work flexible shift hours and day, afternoon, or night shift as well as overtime hours daily, weekends and holidays on those shifts with little notice
• GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

Responsibilities

• Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures
• Maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical and hydraulic components on industrial machinery such as shafting, motors, generators, air compressors, engines, pumps, cylinders, gears, couplings, linkages, ball screws, high speed CNC spindles, coolant systems and filters, and combustion equipment and valves
• Layout, assemble, fabricate, maintain, and repair piping systems
• Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining, and installing pipes, valves, and fittings
• Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of conveyor systems, material handling systems, robots, and other automation
• Operate mobile equipment (e.g. forklifts, vertical lifts, cranes)
• Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• Fabricate punches, tools, steel rule tools and t-sets to exact specifications
• Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models
• Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators

Skills

Planned maintenance

Industrial robotics

Problem solving

Blueprint reading

Education

US Labor Dept. Certificate in Machine Repair

Tools

CNC machines

Lathes

Milling machines

Hydraulic systems

Job description

General Motors is seeking qualified Mechanical Journeypersons (Machine Repair) to join our team. You will perform maintenance, repair, and calibration of industrial machinery across shafts, motors, pumps, CNC spindles and related equipment in a fast-paced plant environment.

The role requires hands-on problem solving, experience with safety standards, blueprints, and the ability to work flexible shifts, including overtime.