Production Shift Leader

General Motors•Fairfax, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Shift Leader is responsible for leading day-to-day manufacturing operations within the Fairfax Assembly Plant to support safe, high-quality, and efficient vehicle production. This role provides direct leadership to hourly and salaried teams, drives accountability to business plan targets, and supports a culture of safety, teamwork, responsiveness, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a strong floor presence, support production needs in real time, and lead problem solving to ensure the team meets safety, quality, cost, and throughput objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent manufacturing leadership experience
Experience leading teams in a manufacturing environment
Demonstrated ability to lead in a fast-paced, high-accountability production setting
Strong interpersonal, communication, and team-building skills
Proven problem-solving ability with a focus on root cause identification and countermeasure implementation
Ability to work off-shift, weekends, and overtime as required to support business needs
Strong working knowledge of safety, quality, and production systems
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and standard manufacturing business systems

Nice To Haves

Experience in automotive manufacturing
Experience with standardized work, layered audits, business plan deployment, and continuous improvement systems
Experience leading quality containment, defect reduction, and escalation processes
Familiarity with labor relations practices, attendance administration, and workforce planning
Demonstrated success developing people and leading through change

Responsibilities

Lead shift operations within a manufacturing department to support daily production requirements, manpower placement, and operational stability
Drive a strong safety culture through floor presence, safety observations, incident follow-up, hazard identification, and adherence to workplace safety processes
Lead and coach team members and group leaders to improve engagement, accountability, development, and performance
Respond to production, quality, and people issues in real time and escalate concerns appropriately
Support quality execution through layered audits, defect review, process confirmation, alarm escalation, and corrective action follow-up
Participate in and/or lead daily operating meetings, shift startup reviews, 5F reviews, business plan deployment reviews, and end-of-shift reporting
Monitor key plant and shop performance indicators and take action to address gaps in safety, quality, responsiveness, and cost
Partner cross-functionally with manufacturing engineering, quality, maintenance, labor relations, HR, and other support teams to resolve issues and improve performance
Coach the organization in standardized work, practical problem solving, built-in quality, and continuous improvement methods
Support staffing, attendance, overtime management, employee relations, recognition, and team communication processes