General Motors Hiring for Maintenance Supervisor at Oshawa, ON Full Time

We are currently looking for a Maintenance Supervisor in our Oshawa OEM facility. In this role, the successful incumbent will be responsible for upholding GM’s purpose and values and ensuring the safe work practices of all its employees. You will develop and monitor business plan objectives by managing safety, people, quality, responsiveness, cost and environment. You will have supervisory responsibility over a group of hourly employees engaged in plant production operations. Work involves the coordination of a number of operations involving the ability to make decisions within the limits of general practices and policies. Work is performed while exercising a high level of independent judgment.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implements and actively supports the plant and corporate safety policies and

initiatives

• Responsible to diagnose equipment malfunction, determine root cause and initiate immediate and long-term corrections
• Responsible for the effective use of personnel, material and equipment in supporting SPQRC initiatives
• Implements safety and good housekeeping standards
• Trains, develops, and evaluates employees
• Complies with terms of Local and National Labour agreements and supports divisional and corporate policies
• Initiates contact with others outside of work group when required to solve problems
• Implements planned maintenance activities
• Completes work assignments required within budget, manpower and timing

constraints

• Will establish, implement and maintain long-range plans for improvement of

maintenance activities and provide technical assistance to the manufacturing

departments supported

• Must support plant in achieving Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost and Environmental goals
• Must be willing to work any assigned shift, work daily, weekend, and holiday

overtime as required

• Embrace Global Manufacturing System (GMS) principles as they apply to maintenance organizations

Additional Job Description

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5 + years of supervisory experience
• Experience in supervision of multi-trade workforce
• High level of analytical ability where problems are complex
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees and elicit work output
• Ability to interpret blueprints and engineering drawings
• Working knowledge of Stamping, Welding, Sealing and Fastening systems
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of mechanical and electrical concepts
• Maintenance experience working in a supervisory role in a manufacturing environment
• Training in skilled trades area or equivalent technical training
• Knowledge of and ability to insure a safe industrial work environment
• Knowledge of Devicenet, Ethernet, PLCs, power and free conveyance and robotics.
• Understanding of Control systems

Required Education/Training:

• University Degree or equivalent experience in a technical field

Notice

Successful candidates will be required to attest to, and be prepared to provide proof of, their vaccination status and that any job offer will be conditional on the candidate being fully vaccinated.

About GM

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Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteeropportunities.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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