Production Group Leader

**Job Description**:
**On-site**:This position requires an employee to be on-site on a full-time basis.

**The Role**

Our team is looking for a Production Group Leader to supervise the Production team members. You will be responsible for managing the Production hourly team while upholding GM's purpose and values and ensuring the safe work practices of all its team members.
Your duties will be completed using independent judgment within the limits of the Global Manufacturing System (GMS), focusing on Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment (SPQRCE).

**What **You’ll **Do (Responsibilities)**
- Supervise Production team members and support them in achieving business objectives
- Manage daily and weekly tasks and scheduling of team members
- Guide workforce to maintain efficiency and all cost objectives
- Evaluate and adjust work plans to accomplish objectives
- Develop a proactive safety culture by engaging team members and peers in our safety processes
- Coordinate the development of pre-task plans prior to jobs to ensure all jobs are completed safely
- Complete annual Employee Performance Evaluations
- Comply with the terms of local and national labor agreements
- Maintain frequent contact and collaboration with others outside of the work group
- Create follow up details and communicate details of Safety/Quality/Production related items during shift change meetings
- Respond to uptime-related issues
- Maintain overtime equalization records
- Attend daily Shift Change meetings
- Attend Business Plan Deployment (BPD) meetings
- Make daily adjustments in time and attendance
- Coach, train and provide feedback to improve Team Member and Team Leader performance
- Conduct weekly Safety Observation Tours (SOTs)
- Coordinate manpower assignments
- Maintain Task Instruction Sheets (TIS), Buffer Management, Bypass Management, Sealer Management, Quality Review Board Activities
- Track and record scrap in your area and focus on mitigation and prevention procedures
- Learn, adopt, and lead GMS (Global Manufacturing System) processes to operate the business unit with continuous improvement

**Additional Job Description**:
**Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)**
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
- Minimum 2 years experience working in a manufacturing environment
- A bility to ensure a safe industrial work environment
- Effective communication skills and Interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate and support team member output
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task
- Ability to work on rotating shifts as required
- Able to work autonomously with occasional guidance from leaders and peers

**Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors of Canada total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan currently includes the following benefits, in addition to many others:

- Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave;
- Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits;
- Life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
- Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement;
- GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you, your family and friends.

**About GM**:
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

**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 volunteer opportunities.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Statement**

Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities. Should you be contacted by General Motors of Canada, please advise if you require accommodation. General Motors of Canada values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.