Manufacturing Facilities Engineer Lead

Job Description

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Engineering Lead / Facilities Area Lead is a site-based leadership role at Kokomo Components responsible for leading both Manufacturing Engineering and Facilities operations. This position provides day-to-day leadership for safe operations manufacturing engineering execution facilities performance environmental compliance cost management and team development in a complex non-traditional GM manufacturing environment.

The role requires a visible hands-on leader who can operate effectively across a broad scope make sound independent decisions and deliver safe compliant and cost-effective results. This leader also supports demolition activity new product development and enterprise commitments while building clarity structure and accountability across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations with a strong focus on safety compliance and environmental stewardship across facilities demolition activity and manufacturing engineering work.

• Ensure compliance with GM safety requirements Workplace Safety System elements technical standards labor agreement requirements and safe work practices.

• Provide leadership for manufacturing engineering activities supporting launch readiness equipment and automation performance process capability quality throughput and continuous improvement.

• Drive structured problem solving root cause analysis issue containment engineering changes and implementation of lessons learned.

• Serve as the site lead for facilities and site services including utilities powerhouse co-generation wastewater treatment housekeeping and overall facility sustainment.

• Ensure reliable facility operations that support uptime maintenance effectiveness energy supply cleanliness compliance and operational readiness.

• Lead site execution of cost budget and operational performance by managing expenses identifying savings opportunities and advancing cost reduction actions through established GM processes.

• Support new product development launch execution and enterprise commitments through alignment with floor processes technical readiness and cross-functional collaboration.

• Lead and develop salaried employees skilled trades technical resources and third-party providers to strengthen organizational capability and execution.

• Partner across functions to drive business processes site services and long-term improvement initiatives with clear ownership and follow-through.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing plant environment.

• Minimum 5 years of facilities maintenance or related leadership experience.

• Significant experience in manufacturing engineering with strong business systems knowledge.

• Demonstrated ability to lead salaried employees skilled trades and cross-functional teams.

• Strong problem-solving analytical communication and interpersonal leadership skills.

• Ability to lead effectively through ambiguity and manage a broad evolving scope.

• Working knowledge of GM manufacturing systems and processes.

• Ability to work overtime and support shift assignments as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering facilities or maintenance leadership in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong knowledge of facilities systems plant infrastructure building design codes and specifications.

• Experience with process improvement structured problem solving SPC throughput improvement tooling/fixture design and launch support.

• Experience leading automation innovation or site improvement initiatives.

• Experience supporting demolition activity environmental compliance and new product program execution in a complex plant environment.

• Proven ability to influence across functions and translate broad responsibility into clear execution.

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