Manager, R2 General Assembly Operations (Night Shift)

Role Summary

The Manager, General Assembly position is a key role here at Rivian. Our managers motivate their teams to be their best and drive best practices to hit production milestones. Our team members rely on the direction and support of their managers for every shift to provide leadership and motivation. The opening will be located at our Normal, IL facility and reports directly to a Senior Manager within General Assembly.

Responsibilities

• Make a critical impact as you work with plant operations and manufacturing leaders and team members, drive continuous improvements and meet and exceed quality, cost and other goals.
• Leverage your strong training and mentorship skills to manage and develop teams while also driving process improvements and serving as a change manager where needed.
• Have the autonomy to make key contributions combined with the support of other managers.
• Enjoy competitive compensation, bonus opportunity and comprehensive benefits.
• Have opportunities to take on additional responsibilities and/or pursue advancement in our global organization.
• Ensuring the assembly of quality products at or below budgeted production costs to meet marketplace demand.
• Developing departmental plans and priorities.
• Leveraging your Lean Six Sigma and analytical skills to identify gaps and implement process improvements.
• Supporting managers and supervisors.
• Helping to manage and develop teams.
• Team/department performance results.
• Manpower requirements and balancing in General Assembly and coordination with other departments.
• Manage human and material resources to meet production targets and KPI's.
• Meeting daily quality goals set by KPI's.
• Ensures shop floor organization, production, safety, and department 5's.
• Proactively and regularly develops and manages team member's performance and capabilities, based upon company KPI's.
• Provides leadership and training to accomplish plant/company goals and objectives.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, all internal candidates must submit an updated resume highlighting their relevant skills, experiences, and accomplishments. Applications submitted without an updated resume will not be considered. Please ensure that your resume accurately reflects your qualifications for this role.

• 7-10 years working experience in Manufacturing environment (preferably Automotive).
• 5+ years Manufacturing Supervisory Experience (preferably automotive).
• Must have good understanding of manufacturing procedures and practices.
• Understanding of labor budgets, KPI's, and efficiency reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to coach and mentor.
• Extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Experience developing departmental plans and priorities.
• Ability to control resources and policy formation.
• Computer literacy including Google Programs
• Problem solving experience - 8D method.
• Manufacturing/assembly process experience.
• Kaizen / continuous improvement process experience.
• 6 Sigma greenbelt or blackbelt desired.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Specialized knowledge and strong experience in manufacturing operations, Experience in a high-mix, high-volume environment is highly preferred.
• Experience providing leadership to managers, supervisors and/or professional staff.
• Knowledge of and experience with Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement. Certification is an advantage.

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 October 12th, 2026.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.