Process Engineer – Reliability & Maintainability Operational Excellence

Key Responsibilities

• Support new program launches by validating maintenance deliverables and ensuring GM specifications and customer expectations are met.
• Partner cross-functionally to optimize machinery and equipment designs for safety, uptime, and ease of maintenance.
• Reduce enterprise costs by:
  • Decreasing indirect material spending
  • Mining unplanned downtime
  • Extending machinery and equipment lifecycle
• Ensure equipment designs meet GM Bill of Equipment, safety, ergonomic, and maintenance requirements.
• Collaborate with equipment manufacturers and GPS/Manufacturing Engineering Centers to:
• Develop common maintenance standards
• Deliver training and technical guidance as needed
• Advance Manufacturing 4.0 by identifying, evaluating, and implementing innovative technologies that improve equipment reliability and maintainability
• Support spare parts coding activities and customer interfaces with Global Business Solutions and the Share the Spare team.
• Coach equipment manufacturers in developing effective skilled trades training aids (e.g., video, 3D-interactive media).
• Provide ongoing expert-level technical support to manufacturing engineering and production facilities on complex equipment and maintenance issues.
• Lead and facilitate lessons-learned reviews from new program launches to continuously improve standards and practices.
• Ensure alignment of maintenance expectations between Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated achievements in both individual and team-based manufacturing projects.
• Proven project management skills with accountability for results.
• Strong understanding of plant floor maintenance systems and equipment maintainability initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex projects with a high degree of autonomy.
• Knowledge and understanding of the MFMEA (Maintenance Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) process.