Manufacturing Engineer Lead

About 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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering and/or manufacturing/maintenance leadership experience
• What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
• 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

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Additional Information

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 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., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.) 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.

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