Manufacturing Group Leader Fellow – HoH/SkillBridge Fellowship

Job Description

This is a program for Active-Duty Military Members through Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) Corporate Fellowship. Must be a U.S. military member with ~180 days of time in service remaining. Must be an approved candidate for Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) cohort 26-3.

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Manufacturing Group Leader – HoH/SkillBridge Fellowship

Are you an active-duty service member interested in exploring a civilian career in manufacturing leadership? This full-time, 12-week, on-the-job training fellowship offers you the opportunity to learn how General Motors leads world-class manufacturing operations while you prepare for your transition from the military.

This is a 12-week DoD SkillBridge / Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellowship hosted by GM, providing structured on-the-job training, mentorship, and exposure to our manufacturing environment. Participants remain active-duty service members and continue to receive military pay and benefits through the Department of Defense, not GM. This fellowship is intended to provide on-the-job training and evaluation for potential future employment opportunities at GM.

This is an on-site fellowship at a GM manufacturing facility. Fellowship opportunities are available at one of the following GM manufacturing locations:

- Arlington, TX

- Lansing, MI

- Marion, IN

- Wentzville, MO.

Final placement (Production or Maintenance) will be determined by GM based on your background and plant needs.

The Role

As a Manufacturing Group Leader SkillBridge Fellow, you will support front-line leaders in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment. You will learn how GM Group Leaders:

• Lead and develop hourly teams

• Drive daily production and maintenance activities

• Use GM systems and processes, including Global Manufacturing Systems and SPQRCE (Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment)

• Support GM’s transformation toward electric and autonomous vehicles

You will primarily shadow, assist, and gradually take on supervised responsibilities in one of two focus areas:

• Production – supporting production operations, quality, material flow, and daily line performance

• Maintenance – supporting skilled trades in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining complex equipment and processes

What You’ll Do

During the fellowship, you may:

• Support daily operations

  • Assist in analyzing and responding to the daily production or maintenance plan

  • Observe and assist with real-time adjustments under supervision

  • Learn to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a high-volume manufacturing setting

• Learn frontline leadership

  • Observe and support how Group Leaders assign work, coach team members, and foster a positive, safe work environment

  • Participate in driving accountability through people and processes, including practicing how to handle difficult conversations with coaching and support

  • Build skills in conflict management, decision-making, and team communication

• Support quality and continuous improvement

  • Assist with production, inspection, and GM Built-in-Quality initiatives

  • Participate in problem-solving activities to address quality or performance issues

  • Learn how GM applies continuous improvement methods, such as basic lean concepts and root cause analysis

• Support maintenance operations (for maintenance-focused fellows)

  • All maintenance exposure is observational and assistive in nature and conducted under direct supervision; fellows will not perform independent skilled trades work

  • Shadow skilled trades teams performing preventive and corrective maintenance

  • Observe and assist in troubleshooting equipment issues (electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic) under supervision

  • Learn how maintenance plans, checks, and tests are documented, executed, and evaluated

• Cross-functional collaboration

  • Participate in meetings and communications with production, maintenance, engineering, quality, and material teams

  • Learn how Group Leaders coordinate labor, inventory, and equipment to meet safety, quality, and delivery targets

You may also be assigned to special projects that align with your skills and the plant’s priorities, such as standard work updates, data collection, or small process-impro