Manufacturing Group - Production Shift Leader

General Motors • Flint, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Role: We are seeking a self-motivated, innovative-minded leader with a strong technical background and a proven record of driving operational excellence. As a Production Shift Leader, you will oversee multiple areas of our plant by managing maintenance and repair activities while leading a diverse team of maintenance professionals, production leaders, and technical support staff. This role is vital for ensuring Body Shop readiness by delivering creative problem-solving, decisive decision-making, and rigorous adherence to GM’s core principles of Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment (SPQRCE). What You’ll Do: Lead Operations: Oversee the maintenance and repair of plant equipment and facilities, ensuring continuous production and high reliability. Team Coordination: Direct and coordinate cross-functional teams—including maintenance personnel, group leaders, and technical experts—to implement effective operational strategies. Project Management: Develop, plan, and manage project requirements and schedules, ensuring timely execution and quality outcomes. Policy Enforcement: Execute divisional and corporate policies, including safety protocols, local and national labor agreements, and quality standards. Dynamic Decision-Making: Balance production output, preventive maintenance, and cost controls while navigating the challenges of advanced automation, new launch activities, and unionized workforce dynamics. Mentorship: Mentor, train, and develop team members to continuously enhance technical skills and leadership capabilities. Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications): Experience: A minimum of 5 years in manufacturing maintenance or plant operations within an automotive environment, with demonstrable leadership in managing cross-functional teams. Technical Expertise: Strong background in body shop or assembly operations, including automated welding, fastening, sealing, and sheet metal. Project & Budget Management: Proven skills in maintenance planning, project management, and budgeting to drive operational success. Communication: Excellent interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills, ensuring effective collaboration and adherence to safety standards. Compliance: Familiarity with and proven enforcement of local and national labor agreements and safety protocols. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. What Will Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications): Advanced Automation: Experience with cutting-edge digital manufacturing tools and automated systems specific to body shop operations. Dual Accountability: Demonstrated success in balancing production and maintenance functions, making rapid, data-driven decisions during complex operational shifts. Unionized Environment: Proven track record working within unionized settings, with strong skills in labor relations and collaborative negotiation. Process Innovation: Expertise in synthesizing complex technical and operational data to facilitate effective process improvements during high-stakes product launches. Specialized Training: Advanced certifications or specialized training in automotive maintenance or body shop operations including AMRs/AFTs and Bin Picking Applications. 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. This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in manufacturing maintenance or plant operations within an automotive environment, with demonstrable leadership in managing cross-functional teams.
• Strong background in body shop or assembly operations, including automated welding, fastening, sealing, and sheet metal.
• Proven skills in maintenance planning, project management, and budgeting to drive operational success.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills, ensuring effective collaboration and adherence to safety standards.
• Familiarity with and proven enforcement of local and national labor agreements and safety protocols.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cutting-edge digital manufacturing tools and automated systems specific to body shop operations.
• Demonstrated success in balancing production and maintenance functions, making rapid, data-driven decisions during complex operational shifts.
• Proven track record working within unionized settings, with strong skills in labor relations and collaborative negotiation.
• Expertise in synthesizing complex technical and operational data to facilitate effective process improvements during high-stakes product launches.
• Advanced certifications or specialized training in automotive maintenance or body shop operations including AMRs/AFTs and Bin Picking Applications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the maintenance and repair of plant equipment and facilities, ensuring continuous production and high reliability.
• Direct and coordinate cross-functional teams—including maintenance personnel, group leaders, and technical experts—to implement effective operational strategies.
• Develop, plan, and manage project requirements and schedules, ensuring timely execution and quality outcomes.
• Execute divisional and corporate policies, including safety protocols, local and national labor agreements, and quality standards.
• Balance production output, preventive maintenance, and cost controls while navigating the challenges of advanced automation, new launch activities, and unionized workforce dynamics.
• Mentor, train, and develop team members to continuously enhance technical skills and leadership capabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level