Group Leader, Torque Management

Rivian•Normal, IL

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Group Leader, Torque Management plans and coordinates daily activities for Torque Technicians, Team Leaders and Team Members; provides technical torque support, problem-solving and process improvement; and sets torque strategy for the plant. The role upholds Rivian’s quality, safety and efficiency standards, builds a positive quality culture, and works across functions to deliver high-quality vehicles. It requires automotive quality and problem-solving knowledge, hands-on torque tooling expertise, and leadership across cross-functional teams. The Group Leader leads torque operations and the technician team, coordinates tooling deployment and maintenance, manages equipment and spare-parts needs, and develops torque requirements, procedures, training, metrics and improvement systems. The position also manages costs and ensures department activity complies with safety, quality and environmental policies.

Requirements

6 or more years of experience in an automotive manufacturing environment, with mechanical or manufacturing experience.
4 or more years of experience in automotive assembly torque applications.
3 or more years of supervision experience.
Understanding of quality standards and how to coordinate torque tooling implementation.
Working knowledge of equipment used to measure torque values.
Experience with VDI, ToolsNet8, TT2, QAS and other tooling software.
Advanced experience programming Atlas Copco tools across all applications.
Experience programming Atlas Copco, ESTIC, Sturtevant Richmond, Desoutter, Makita and Snap-On tools.
Experience performing torque capability studies, trace and result data analyses, and providing tooling recommendations.
Leadership skills, including the ability to lead across cross-functional teams, and a strong team orientation.
Kaizen and continuous improvement experience, with demonstrated problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated project management skills and quick decision-making.
Ability to solve practical problems across concrete variables where limited standardization exists.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and instructions presented in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Good oral and written communication skills, including the ability to speak effectively and respectfully before groups of customers or employees and communicate in a high-pressure environment.
General office software skills, including email, Excel and Word.

Nice To Haves

Engineering or technical bachelor’s degree; equivalent combinations of education and experience are accepted.

Responsibilities

Lead, plan, organize and coordinate the daily activities of Torque Technicians, Team Leaders and Team Members; direct reports include technicians, team leaders and team members.
Manage daily torque activities, including line calls, calibrations, residual torque data collection and escalations for out-of-spec residual torque.
Serve as the torque specialist and mentor for the team, developing team members, promoting accountability and supporting team cohesion.
Work with third-party contractors on torque tooling activities.
Help build a positive quality culture, anticipate obstacles and lead technicians in responding to line calls and line-down issues involving advanced torque tooling or torque quality.
Lead structured problem-solving to address and resolve torque-related issues.
Collaborate across functions to coordinate workflow, prioritize activities, resolve issues and improve torque tooling and torque quality performance.
Develop, maintain and improve internal torque requirements at a systems level; provide tooling recommendations and torque strategy.
Standardize improvements through documentation, comprehensive training and formal operational handoffs.
Plan and enable support for torque-related changes during line rebalances.
For new product launches, lead and follow the plant-specific master list for torque equipment.
Assist corporate and local teams with residual torque measurement setups, basic tool inspection correlation studies (Cm/Cmk) and development of baseline angle monitoring.
Work with Process and Manufacturing Engineering to deploy new torque equipment on time and maintain current equipment to meet manufacturing timelines.
Coordinate new and routine preventive maintenance and performance verification of torque tooling and equipment with internal partners and external vendors.
Manage spare-parts requirements and strategy to ensure parts for torque equipment maintenance are procured on time.
Ensure SOPs for torque tooling and processes are developed and maintained.
Implement procedures and work instructions that enable technician safety, quality and throughput metrics.
Develop and track functional metrics, and monitor and report key process and activity indicators for residual and tooling torque.
Analyze metrics to identify and drive improvement opportunities, and develop systems supporting statistical process control.
Manage costs to budget, including processing, reviewing, approving and monitoring purchase orders and maintenance requirements.
Comply with Health, Safety and Environmental policies, safety regulations, company policies and quality standards; ensure department activity meets safety and quality guidelines and promote individual accountability.
Perform other duties as required by business needs.

Benefits

Paid vacation
Paid sick leave
Life insurance
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
401(k) Plan, subject to eligibility requirements
Employee Stock Purchase Program, subject to eligibility requirements
Annual performance bonus and equity awards may be available to the successful candidate