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Senior Industrial Engineer
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Lake Orion, Michigan, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles35 certified filings for “Manufacturing Engineer” (Industrial Engineers) in MI: $123k–$139k, median $132k. Most were filed at wage level IV (77%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description The Role: The Senior Industrial Engineer position will develop, recommend, and implement changes which will result in the improvement of manufacturing processes and or product quality. The ability to work in a dynamic manufacturing environment is critical to your success General Motors. • Develop, status, and analyze Manufacturing Master Schedules in sufficient detail to monitor progress, assess program status, and identify performance issues in a timely manner. • Use critical path methodology and application in network development, analysis, and problem resolution is required. • Optimize sequence of operations and work flow. • Create crew plans to ensure resources are properly allocated and utilized effectively. • Create metrics to monitor schedule progress and help identify risk areas. • Work to improve efficiencies through waste elimination and process improvements. • Perform data analysis to establish shop metrics and tackle complex problems. • Provide Technical support and assistance to manufacturing and maintenance team members, production supervisors and production associates • Combine data-driven analysis with practical plant-floor judgment. • Communicate clearly with operators, skilled trades, engineers, leaders, and business partners. • Build alignment and influence decisions without relying on formal authority • Identify risks early, challenge existing practices constructively, and sustain improvements after implementation. • Develop others and share effective industrial engineering practices across the plant. Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Orion, MI on a full-time basis. What you’ll do: • Evaluate ergonomic risks, operator motion, workstation design, tooling, material presentation, and standardized work to reduce risk and improve operator effectiveness. • Lead direct-labor industrial engineering activities for assigned plant areas, including time studies, work measurement, standardized work, line balancing, and labor planning. • Establish and maintain accurate standard work and labor data using approved work-measurement methods and standard-time systems. • Analyze production processes, staffing, cycle time, variation, and material presentation to identify opportunities to improve safety, ergonomics, quality, throughput, and productivity. • Develop and implement line-balance plans, staffing recommendations, process changes, and production-trial support for current and future vehicle programs. • Partner with production and manufacturing teams to identify root causes, eliminate waste, improve flow, and sustain gains through documented processes and management systems. • Apply lean manufacturing and GM manufacturing-system principles to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. • Support process-FMEA activities, launch readiness, change management, model-year changes, and implementation of engineering or manufacturing changes. • Develop clear analyses, recommendations, presentations, and implementation plans for plant leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. • Lead projects with broad scope and multiple stakeholders while managing timing, risks, deliverables, and accountability for results. • Coach and mentor less-experienced engineers and manufacturing team members in industrial engineering methods, problem solving, work measurement, and continuous improvement. • Maintain strong working relationships across all levels of the organization and represent Industrial Engineering in plant initiatives and reviews. Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing engineering, or a related engineering field • 2 years extensive ergonomic experience