Execution Zone Engineer – General Assembly, Manufacturing Engineering
General Motors
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Warren • Missouri, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- Lead manufacturing process development, equipment/tooling design, integration, and installation to steady-state production.
- Manage new program launches, model changes, and current production activities within your assigned zone.
- Define and implement changes to tooling, workstation setups, facilities, and automation to meet launch timelines.
- Ensure efficient material flow and conveyance strategies for future operations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to standardize tooling and processes across departments.
- Develop tooling specifications (SORs), manage procurement, and oversee supplier design, build, and validation.
- Support plant build events, address launch issues, and facilitate virtual builds and integration planning.
- Maintain and update required tooling documentation, Project Status Zone Boards, and Process Manufacturing Requirements (MR’s).
- Conduct PFMEA activities, support safety reviews, and ensure maintenance training for critical equipment.
- Participate in program financial reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience in manufacturing
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field; degrees in project management or business considered with relevant manufacturing experience
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple complex projects
- Flexibility to adapt to changing work hours, including weekends and holidays
- Willingness to travel extensively during program launches
- Demonstrated initiative and collaboration across teams
- Solid project management capabilities
Benefits
- From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
manufacturing process developmentequipment designtooling designautomationtooling specificationsprocurementPFMEAprocess manufacturing requirementsproject managementcontinuous improvement
Soft skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillswritten communicationverbal communicationindependenceproject management capabilitiesflexibilityinitiativecollaborationability to manage multiple projects