Shift Leader Maintenance-3rd shift

General Motors; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits available

Job summary

General Motors Company in Bay City, MI, seeks a Production Shift Leader for the 3rd shift. You will lead a manufacturing team, applying lean principles to meet schedules, safety, and quality goals.

The role requires a background in manufacturing leadership, the ability to work off-hours, and collaboration with unions and management to achieve production targets while controlling costs and downtime.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 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 quality goals.
• Build and sustain good working relationships with employees, union and management per national/local agreements.
• Implement systems to prevent recurrence of known issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Manage effective use of personnel, materials, and equipment to meet production needs.
• Lead GMS processes across multiple departments and support launches and pilots.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Team leadership

Shift work experience

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Job description

Job Description

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Bay City GPS on a full-time basis.

The Role

The Production Shift Leader will work 3rd shift and lead a small to medium group of production team members. Work is of a technical nature using independent judgment within the limits of GMS, focusing on Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment (SPQRCE). Possess the ability to deal with complex problems.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

• Maintain awareness of quality standards, and communicate department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with employees, union and management, and understand to consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union.
• Implement and follow systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues.
• Responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment.
• Participate in the selection of new employees and trains, develops and evaluates salaried and hourly employees, and the development of 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 maintains 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 achieve 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.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

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

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• 5+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical 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., 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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