Manager, Drive Unit - Nights

Role Summary

This Drive Unit Manager role is critical to the success of our production operation. This role is responsible for the leadership and development of our group leaders while ensuring KPIs are met. There is a highly strategic aspect to this role as we continue to ramp up our production to solve the problems of today and looking to the future as well. This position reports to the Senior Manager of Drive Unit onsite in Normal, IL.

**This is a night shift position**

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe atmosphere by ensuring all safety standards and guidelines are met and lead by example
• Implement all relevant procedures described in the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensure compliance
• Develop in-house systems and procedures to meet the needs of external customers
• Respond to quality issues by putting in containment actions, full analysis, poka-yokes (error proofing), and implementing short-term and long-term countermeasures
• Update quality documentation and communicate to carry forward lessons learned from quality concerns in new customer contracts
• Ensure that plant schedule for vehicle builds is fulfilled by operation deliverables
• Introduce new systems and procedures where appropriate
• Undertake internal and process audits of the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Direct reports are: Group Leaders Team Leaders and production workers
• Establish and refine quality sign-off instructions, standards and documentation
• Report against agreed quality metrics People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Environment.
• In conjunction with the Supplier Quality Assurance function, reduce the effect of non-conforming supplier materials on the production area quality
• Produce written reports and make presentations
• Undertake continuous training and development
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required
• Develop, implement and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for each area of responsibility
• Help set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
• Ensure KPIs are met
• Financial and Budget Control
• Input and hold responsibility for team budgets
• Responsible for achieving budget and forecast
• Responsible for the tracking and management of provided overtime budgets and efficiency percentages for the department.
• Self-Management
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
• Support encourage and develop team
• Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere
• Anticipates and overcomes obstacles
• Makes useful links to arrive at insightful plans and solutions
• Embraces personal challenge
• Confident, rounded thinking
• Takes ownership for team cohesion
• Is resilient, optimistic and open to change
• A self-starter, motivated and able to positively motivate others
• Focused, target driven with a positive, can-do attitude

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, preferably automotive
• Cross-functional operations in a manufacturing setting
• Experience of dealing with customers and suppliers
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to communicate in a high-pressure environment
• Strong verbal & written communication. Ability to distill complex information to different levels of the organization.
• Execution: demonstrate that follow through is given as much attention as problem solving
• 5+ years in a leadership, project or program management role.
• Bachelor's Degree or Relevant experience preferred
• Ability to stand for 8-12 hours per day.
• Required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to lift and carry at least 25 pounds.
• Ability to perform all duties in a working environment that may contain dust, high noise levels, hot and cold weather.

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $102,300-127,900 for Illinois based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.

The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian's 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.

You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than November 9th, 2026.