Shift Leader Maintenance-3rd shift

General Motors LLC; 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

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 role may be eligible for relocation benefits.

The role is categorized as onsite. The successful candidate is expected to report to Bay City GPS on a full-time basis.

Work is of a technical nature using independent judgment within the limits of GMS, focusing on Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment (SPQRCE).

The Role

The Production Shift Leader will work 3rd shift and lead a small to medium group of production team members.

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.

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