Business Manager - Body Shop Maintenance

Job Description

The Role:

The Maintenance Business Maintenance Manager leads daily Body Shop Maintenance operations, overseeing throughput, managing breakdowns, and driving rapid return-to-running while supporting Maintenance Group Leaders and Shift Leaders. The role coordinates manpower and vacation planning, weekend and launch work, safety and quality follow-up, and skilled trades training, ensuring standardized work, effective cross-shift communication, and strong support for plant performance objectives.

What You’ll Do:

• Guide Maintenance Group Leader with day-to-day activities
• Monitor Build Schedule / push to return to running ASAP
• Stand in for Maintenance Group Leader as required
• Overview Manpower requirements (Over/Under requirements)
• Oversee Body Shop while Group Leader manages breakdown
• Support Maintenance Weekend Work
• Run larger/complex breakdowns
• Assist in weekend & breakdown follow up
• Track and schedule Skilled Trades training
• Assist with Safety Observation Tours
• Assist with construction activities
• Follow upon Safety Incidents
• Assist Maintenance Planner with Weekend and Launch Activities
• Assist with Scrap Reduction initiatives
• Assist with quality issues (involving Supplier Quality/Dimensional/Welding groups if required)
• Stand in for Shift Leader when required
• Leader Cross Shift meeting (1st to 2nd shift)
• Shift Rotation with other Maintenance Business Manager required (unless other Maintenance Business Manager does not want to rotate shifts)

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years Maintenance Supervisory experience or 2-year Degree with 5 years Maintenance Supervisory experience
• Ability to work rotating shifts

What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience working in a union environment
• Automotive industry experience
• Experience supervising a team of skilled trades in manufacturing environments

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc). This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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