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Group Leader - Maintenance
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Warren, 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 roles2 certified filings for “Group Manager - Product & Customer Care, GM Energy” (Marketing Managers) in MI: $191k–$222k, median $206k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 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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Sponsor Radar — General Motors Company
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 Lead second-shift maintenance activities for the Global Artisan Innovation Center Body Shop and Paint area. The Maintenance Group Leader will guide skilled maintenance personnel, protect people and equipment, and keep body assembly, welding, paint, and related support systems ready for safe and reliable operation. This role supports the center’s pre-production mission by responding to equipment issues, improving preventive maintenance, and developing the team’s technical capability. The Role The Global Artisan Innovation Center brings together product, process, and technology innovation in a pre-production environment. In the Body Shop and Paint area, the maintenance team supports vehicle sheet-metal assembly, welding, paint, validation, equipment preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement. As the 2nd Shift Maintenance Group Leader, you will be the on-shift leader for maintenance execution. You will set priorities, coach the team, partner with production and engineering, and drive solutions that improve safety, equipment availability, quality, and delivery. What you’ll do • Lead and support second-shift maintenance work across the Body Shop and Paint area. • Set daily priorities for preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance. • Coach and develop maintenance team members through clear expectations, standard work, training, and feedback. • Reinforce safe work practices, energy-control requirements, personal protective equipment, and environmental expectations. • Coordinate troubleshooting and repair of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, robotic, welding, conveyor, paint, ventilation, and material- handling equipment. • Partner with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Safety, Facilities, and outside service providers to resolve issues and protect build schedules. • Review shift conditions, open work, equipment concerns, and staffing needs; provide complete handoffs to other shifts. • Monitor work-order execution, preventive-maintenance completion, downtime, repeat failures, and parts availability. • Use data and structured problem solving to eliminate recurring equipment issues and improve reliability. • Support equipment installations, modifications, commissioning, process changes, and continuous-improvement projects. • Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure work is completed to approved procedures and standards. • Help identify training needs and build the technical depth needed to support a flexible pre-production operation. • Respond calmly and decisively during equipment disruptions while communicating status, risks, and recovery actions. Your skills and abilities — required qualifications • High school diploma or equivalent. • Five or more years of industrial, automotive, manufacturing, or similar maintenance experience. • Two or more years of experience leading, coordinating, or supervising maintenance work or a skilled-trades team. • Demonstrated knowledge of industrial mechanical and electrical systems, including troubleshooting methods. • Experience with preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, work-order prioritization, and equipment reliability. • Working knowledge of safe work practices, energy control, hazard recognition, and regulatory requirements applicable to industrial maintenance. • Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and maintenance procedures. • Ability to work a fixed second shift and provide overtime, weekend, or off-shift support when business needs require it. • Strong communication, organization, decision-making, and problem solving skills. • Ability to work effectively with hourly employees, salaried leaders, engineers, production partners, contractors, a