ME - Lead Engineer - GA Tooling

Job Description

Sponsorship:  GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.  DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for supporting activities that may include:

• Single point contact for tooling/equipment issues, concerns and possible continuous throughput improvement ideas/projects.

• Provide technical direction and project management oversight to suppliers, contractors and/or plant maintenance for new tooling and kit installations.

• Creation of SORs and project management for tools, stations or specific technologies.

• Support tryout and debug of tooling and equipment at assembly plant.

• Maintaining accurate Tooling Status List for shipment and installation to meet targets.

• Receive all tooling deliveries/packages based on installation schedule.

• Support new vehicle launch at the assembly plant which will include various shifts and long hours during construction and launch events.

• Ensure all ME tool designs are data-banked and spare parts information is available to plant.

• Assist in the planning, estimating, and evaluating of new manufacturing process and equipment for installation. Often requires conducting plant floor walks with IEs and Contractors to understand scope of work.

• Responsible for uptime improvement, reduction in scrap, and increase in throughput.

• Report project status, results and lessons learned to VS management.

• Work with VS-ME to drive any error proofing features into product designs based on past lesson learnings.

• Knowledge

• Working knowledge in AutoCAD, MS Office applications, MS project, Sharepoint

• Working knowledge of GA Shop processes,layout, equipment & material handling systems.

• Working knowledge of GA sequence of operations and human factors.

• Basic knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Value Engineering and Design for Health & Safety

• Demonstrated understanding of plant floor work (Assembly, logistics, automation etc.,)

• Good understanding of the Vehicle Development & Launch Process, Quality Chain, DFMEA-PFMEA.

• Good knowledge on Project Management methodologies (PMP certification prefered)

• Sound knowledge of OpEx tools, Six sigma and Red X methodologies.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Production/Automobile Engineering discipline.

• Experience

• 8+ years of GA Shop project execution experience from Automotive OEMs / Engineering Organizations.

• Experienced in working with multiple interfaces to deliver the results.

• Basic Data analysis and research to implement process improvement opportunities.

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

• Good problem solving & analytical skills.

• Hands on experience in working with Siemens Teamcenter / Vismockup and NX applications.

• Good skills on process automation and business intelligence tools (VB script, Power BI etc.,)

• Abilities

• Work with intercultural & multi-disciplinary teams to achieve enterprise goals.

• Handle multiple assignments simultaneously.

• Ability to work autonomously with occasional guidance from supervision.

• Good work ethic and strong sense of ownership of end result.

• Able to accomodate extensive international travel for longer duration adhering to assignment guidelines

• High level of integrity, ability to deal with ambiguity, takes initiative/self-directed.

Note : Work may involve development and testing of advanced process technology.

About GM

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