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Facility Area Manager (FAM)
General Motors Company · 🇨🇦 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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About the role
Job Description Facility Area Manager (FAM) Job Description Vacancy Status Yes - This posting is for an existing vacancy within the organization and is open to new applications. (Backfill) AI Disclosure As part of the application process, Artificial Intelligence will be used in the hiring process for this role • Onsite - This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Oshawa Assembly on a full-time basis. Job Description General Motors is seeking a Facility Area Manager (FAM) to lead the effective operation, maintenance, improvement, and sustainment of facilities supporting Oshawa Assembly and the broader Oshawa campus. The FAM is responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation of buildings, infrastructure, utilities, facility services, and related support systems. The role requires strong cross-functional leadership, technical judgment, project-management capability, and customer focus in a complex manufacturing environment. What You’ll Do • Lead day-to-day facilities operations and service delivery for assigned areas of Oshawa Assembly. • Ensure effective operation and maintenance of building systems, infrastructure, utilities, and facility services. • Support plant operations through timely response to facility issues, breakdowns, service interruptions, and emerging risks. • Provide direction and oversight to internal teams, contractors, suppliers, and service providers. • Manage facility-related work priorities, escalation, communication, and follow-up with plant stakeholders. • Support building maintenance, space management, housekeeping, tenant services, property maintenance, and related campus services. • Support plant utilities and infrastructure, including steam generation, wastewater treatment, compressed air, chilled water, electricity, and other utility systems, as applicable. • Lead or support regulatory, legislative, environmental, safety, and code-compliance activities. • Support chemical and waste-resource management, pollution prevention, remediation, and risk-reduction initiatives. • Develop and execute asset-sustainment strategies, including condition assessments, risk reviews, lifecycle planning, and funding recommendations. • Plan, prioritize, and manage facility projects, replacements, renovations, and infrastructure improvements. • Coordinate project scope, schedules, budgets, procurement, construction execution, commissioning, and handover. • Integrate facility requirements with manufacturing equipment, process needs, buildings, utilities, and site infrastructure. • Monitor project and operational performance using appropriate metrics, dashboards, and standard work. • Lead continuous improvement using GM Operating System principles, problem solving, standardization, and customer feedback. • Champion energy efficiency, demand management, sustainability, and resource-conservation opportunities. • Support emergency preparedness, evacuation and take-shelter programs, incident response, and business continuity. • Participate in plant leadership, manufacturing engineering, facilities, maintenance, safety, environmental, labor-relations, and supplier forums. • Build effective relationships with production, maintenance, engineering, environmental, safety, finance, purchasing, contractors, and campus partners. • Coach, develop, and coordinate facilities team members while promoting accountability, inclusion, and a strong safety culture. Required Qualifications • College degree with a major in engineering, facilities management, business, construction management, or a related discipline; equivalent training and experience may be considered. • Significant experience in facilities, industrial operations, manufacturing, mainten