General Motors

Assistant Plant Manager

General Motors • $95K — $115K *
Wyoming, MI 49519In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business management, operations, or related field.
  • Ten or more years of experience in manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Significant experience as a manufacturing people leader.
  • Progressive leadership experience in high volume, complex, unionized manufacturing environment.
  • Strong problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily plant execution across key operational metrics.
  • Review and address production performance and material constraints.
  • Promote GMS operating requirements through standardization and accountability.
  • Champion safety culture through active floor presence and incident reviews.
  • Coach salaried and represented leaders to enhance team effectiveness.
  • Drive rapid response to production and quality challenges.
  • Support capacity planning and budget execution for operational effectiveness.

Benefits

  • Eligible for relocation benefits if applicable.
  • Onsite work arrangement at Grand Rapids plant.
  • Opportunity to lead in a critical manufacturing environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Assistant Plant Manager- Grand Rapids

Work Arrangement:

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to our Grand Rapids plant location

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.

The Role

The Assistant Plant Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for Grand Rapids Operations, a complex, high-volume manufacturing facility supporting driveline and valvetrain components for the high revenue GM portfolio. The role partners closely with plant leadership, operations, quality, maintenance, engineering, safety, HR/LR, GSC, and union leadership to deliver safe, reliable, and competitive performance.

The Assistant Plant Manager translates plant objectives into disciplined daily execution, strengthens cross-shift communication, develops frontline leaders, removes operational barriers, and drives continuous improvement across the facility. Grand Rapids Components is a critical, vertically integrated operation with a broad product portfolio and significant manufacturing complexity, making this role essential to sustaining safe, reliable, and competitive plant performance.

What You'll Do
  • Lead daily plant execution across safety, people, quality, responsiveness, cost, and delivery.
  • Review production performance, downtime, staffing, material constraints, customer risks, and recovery actions.
  • Promote and teach GMS operating requirements while driving standardization and accountability.
  • Champion a strong safety culture through floor presence, risk identification, incident review, and Workplace Safety System activities.
  • Coach and develop salaried and represented leaders, including area managers, shift leaders, group leaders, and team leaders.
  • Drive rapid response to production, quality, equipment, and material issues that threaten customer requirements.
  • Partner with customers to align expectations and resolve issues quickly.
  • Support capacity planning, production rate improvement, overtime planning, staffing reviews, and budget execution.
  • Partner with HR/LR and UAW leadership to address workforce, employee relations, and labor topics constructively and promptly.
  • Lead cross-functional efforts to improve OEE, TIP performance, uptime, throughput, CPU, and operational reliability.
  • Represent plant leadership in business reviews, escalation forums, customer meetings, and sector initiatives.
  • Provide backup leadership for the Plant Director and ensure effective execution across all shifts and operating departments.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business management, operations, or a related field.
  • Ten or more years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Significant experience as a manufacturing people leader.
  • Progressive leadership experience in a high volume, complex, unionized manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead across safety, people, quality, responsiveness, and cost priorities.
  • Strong problem solving, decision making, communication, and influencing skills.
  • Working knowledge of GMS, continuous-improvement methods, manufacturing systems, and plant business processes.
  • Ability to lead through changing priorities, operational disruptions, and customer impacting situations.
  • Experience leading OEE, TIP, throughput, capacity, and downtime reduction initiatives.
  • Experience with quality systems, BIQIV, customer escalations, and structured problem solving.


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Experience in machining, axle assembly, powertrain, valvetrain, or component manufacturing.
  • Multi plant or cross functional manufacturing leadership experience.
  • Experience working directly with represented employees and union partners.
  • Demonstrated success improving safety culture, workforce engagement, equipment reliability, and business results.
  • Experience supporting product launches, major capital investments, or aging equipment recovery plans.


Leadership Expectations
  • Model GM behaviors in safety, integrity, accountability, inclusion, and respect.
  • Lead with urgency while maintaining a strong focus on safe, high quality execution.
  • Build trust across shifts, functions, and labor partners through visibility, collaboration, and follow-through.
  • Develop talent and strengthen the plant's leadership pipeline through coaching, feedback, and mentorship.
  • Make fact-based decisions and take ownership of outcomes.
  • Drive operational excellence through disciplined execution, standardization, and continuous improvement.
  • Maintain a customer-focused mindset and protect the performance of GM's assembly plants and vehicle programs.
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 may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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As part of our global workforce, you will collaborate with talented individuals who are passionate about shaping the future of transportation. General Motors offers a variety of career paths in engineering, design, IT, marketing, and more. With over 155,000 employees worldwide, our network provides expansive opportunities for networking and professional development.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
NASDAQ
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