Environmental, Health, Safety; EHS), Maintenance & Facilities Leader - Battery Cell Development

The Role

The Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS), Maintenance & Facilities Leader provides strategic direction and operational leadership for safety, compliance, equipment maintenance, and facility operations at the Battery Cell Development Center (BCDC). This leader ensures safe, reliable, and efficient operations in a fast-paced and evolving development environment, enabling GM’s electrification strategy. The role includes direct leadership of Technical Operations Specialists and other technical personnel, with accountability for talent development, cross-functional alignment, and delivery of key performance metrics.

• Safety & Compliance Leadership:
  Champion a culture of safety and compliance aligned with GM corporate standards and regulatory requirements.
• Safety & Compliance Leadership:
  Lead development and execution of safety protocols, hazardous materials controls, and emergency response plans.
• Safety & Compliance Leadership:
  Own EHS governance for the development center (including PSM, DG, OSHA compliance).
• Safety & Compliance Leadership:
  Lead incident investigations, ensure robust root-cause problem solving, and implement systemic corrective actions.
• Safety & Compliance Leadership:
  Conduct and oversee regular audits, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Provide strategic direction for maintenance operations supporting development-scale processes and pilot assets.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Ensure asset reliability, uptime, and preventive maintenance programs that support iterative development needs.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Lead complex, multi-functional projects with full accountability for schedule, cost, risk mitigation, and deliverables.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Own budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning for the maintenance and technical operations organization.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Develop and mentor a technical team with the capabilities for advanced battery development.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Apply GMS principles appropriately to a non-steady-state environment, ensuring discipline while enabling innovation.
• Maintenance Leadership:
  Monitor key performance indicators (uptime, cycle times, MTTR/MTBF, changeover efficiency) and drive improvements.
• Facilities Leadership:
  Oversee facility operations including utilities, cleanroom systems, HVAC, and building infrastructure.
• Facilities Leadership:
  Ensure facility capabilities scale with evolving program, process, and safety requirements.
• Facilities Leadership:
  Lead planning and execution of facility modifications, expansions, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Facilities Leadership:
  Maintain an inspection-ready environment through disciplined housekeeping and facility stewardship.
• Scope and Impact:
  Lead large, complex initiatives affecting multiple functions, programs, or development areas.
• Scope and Impact:
  Make operational and financial decisions impacting safety, readiness, throughput, and overall facility performance.
• Scope and Impact:
  Set objectives and lead delivery of KPIs aligned with GM’s strategic priorities for electrification and technology development.
• Scope and Impact:
  Drive organizational change, influencing cross-functional leaders and challenging legacy approaches.
• Scope and Impact:
  Build a strong technical organization through hiring, workforce planning, coaching, and capability development.
• Scope and Impact:
  Represent the development center in enterprise forums, cross-functional reviews, and EHS/facility governance.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of experience as a people leader with demonstrated success building and developing teams.
• 3+ years of EHS experience.
• Ability to work or rotate across all shifts as required by operations.
• Flexibility to support overtime, weekends, and holidays based on business need.
• Understanding of production systems, automation, and development/pilot environments.
• Strong analytical capability, including root-cause problem solving and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience leading and scaling operations within ambiguous or rapidly…