Manufacturing Engineer Lead

Job Description

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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 Rochester on a full-time basis.

The Role:

At General Motors, we are shaping the future of manufacturing through innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Our Manufacturing Engineering team plays a critical role in transforming our facilities, processes, and systems to support safe, high-quality, and efficient production.

As a Manufacturing Engineer Lead, you will lead and provide direction to a team responsible for manufacturing engineering execution within the Rochester site. This role is ideal for a proven leader who can drive operational excellence, support plant objectives, and develop engineering talent while partnering cross-functionally across manufacturing, quality, maintenance, operations, and launch teams.

What You'll Do:

• You will participate in the selection of new employees
• Train, develop and evaluate employees
• You will establish overall group objectives
• Evaluate processes and procedures within area
• Establish and oversee required tooling activities or review and evaluate proposals for existing and new manufacturing processes
• You will develop and execute long-range plans for improvements of processes and manufacturing activities
• Nearly constant contact with others outside the work group
• You will provide technical assistance to maintain manufacturing performance
• Maintain safety and good housekeeping standards
• You will also maintain Corporate and unit management control systems
• Establish and oversee required tooling activities or review and evaluate proposals for existing and new manufacturing processes
• Understand and convey impact to Process Control Plan/Quality plan
• Develop capital estimates for input to business case
• Develop and submit machinery and equipment (M&E) specification
• Work with Purchasing and supply base to source M&E
• Conduct safety risk assessment for new M&E and processes
• Provide installation requirements and support installation of new or relocated M&E
• Oversee and approve machine qualifications and gage R&R/MSA activities
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Product Engineering, HR, Skilled Trades, Purchasing, Suppliers and Customers to effectively address business issues and support future programs/projects
• You will provide technical assistance to maintain manufacturing performance. Develop working relationship with UAW skilled trades and UAW leadership

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering and/or manufacturing/maintenance leadership experience

• Experience as project execution engineer for multiple machine builds
• Understanding of GD&T
• Understanding/experience developing manufacturing process documentation (PFD, PFMEA, PCP)
• Knowledge of Gage R&R/MSA
• Experience conducting Risk assessments
• Microsoft Office
• Safety certifications
• Experience developing business cases
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes – metal forming, metal/plastic welding, plastic molding, brazing, leak testing
• CAD (Solidworks) or machine programming background (Rockwell)
• Experience with vision systems
• Experience with robotics

Compensation:

• The expected base compensation for this role is: $140,100.00 - $186,700.00. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits:

• GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.







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