Engineering Group Manager – ME Body – Execution

General Motors

Engineering Group Manager at General Motors overseeing BIW engineering team for process development and launch readiness. Driving strategic direction and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a team of BIW engineers supporting GVDP milestones, tooling readiness, and process development for new and carryover programs.
Drive manufacturing strategy, quality targets, and process standards for all BIW operations within your scope.
Oversee creation, documentation, and implementation of standardized work, PFMEAs, process control plans, and error-proofing strategies to ensure safe, capable, and stable processes.
Ensure on-time delivery of BIW tooling, tryout, and validation activities, including run-at-rate, capability studies, and launch readiness reviews.
Provide regular status updates to leadership on program risk, readiness, and overall health, including mitigation plans for issue resolution.
Champion design-for-manufacturing (DFM/DFA) by supporting cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturability issues early in the lifecycle (studio, product engineering, and advanced ME phases).
Foster a high-performance culture through coaching, feedback, development planning, and technical growth of team members (including early-career and senior engineers).
Develop and execute long‑range action plans to advance BIW capabilities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience in manufacturing or product engineering experience, preferably in BIW, body structures, or closely related domains.
People leadership experience (direct management of engineers, project leaders, or technical professionals).
Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to evaluate complex assemblies, joining schemes, and fixture concepts.
Demonstrated capability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Design/Studio, Product Engineering, Plant ME, Quality, and Program Management.
Proven ability to develop innovative engineering solutions to address challenging manufacturing constraints, timing pressures, and cost targets.
Proficiency in reviewing 3D models, GD&T, and surface data to determine BIW feasibility, dimensional strategy, and manufacturing methods.
Solid understanding of automation, joining technologies (e.g., spot weld, laser weld, structural adhesives, SPRs), and process capability (Cp/Cpk, variation reduction, error-proofing).
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical topics for a range of stakeholders.
Excellent organizational and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously and prioritize resources effectively.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or related) or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

manufacturing engineeringproduct engineeringmechanical aptitude3D modelingGD&Tautomationjoining technologiesprocess capabilityerror-proofingdimensional strategy

Soft Skills

people leadershipcollaborationcommunicationpresentation skillsorganizational skillsprogram managementcoachingfeedbackdevelopment planningtechnical growth

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering