Engineering Group Manager – Material Automation Center Of Excellence (coe)

General Motors

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Onsite
Lead centralized knowledge for amr/aft deployments
Develop ai and modern tooling for team performance
Partner across engineering centers for best practices
The Engineering Group Manager – Material Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) is responsible for building and leading the centralized knowledge, standards, and continuous improvement function for Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) and Automated Forklift (AFT) deployments across General Motors' manufacturing plants

Job Summary

  • The Engineering Group Manager – Material Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) is responsible for building and leading the centralized knowledge, standards, and continuous improvement function for Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) and Automated Forklift (AFT) deployments across General Motors' manufacturing plants.
  • You will leverage AI and modern tooling to develop solutions that accelerate team performance, build repeatable processes, and drive data-informed decision-making across the material automation portfolio.
  • When critical deployments need hands-on support, you will also serve as a tiger team lead — deploying your expertise and your team directly into the field to solve the biggest challenges.

Matching Summary

The Engineering Group Manager – Material Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) is responsible for building and leading the centralized knowledge, standards, and continuous improvement function for Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) and Automated Forklift (AFT) deployments across General Motors' manufacturing plants.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Lead centralized knowledge for AMR/AFT deployments
  • Develop AI and modern tooling for team performance
  • Partner across engineering centers for best practices
  • Serve as tiger team lead for critical deployments
  • Gather, analyze, and share lessons learned
  • Create and maintain repeatable deployment process
  • Develop AI tools to remove repetitive tasks

Nice-to-have

  • Deeply technical, highly organized, and innovative
  • Drive data-informed decision-making
  • Elevate team capability and enable faster execution

Key Requirements

  • ~20% travel required
  • No immigration sponsorship provided
  • Role is categorized as onsite

Work Rights

Not specified

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