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Occasional off-hours support may be required in exigent circumstances, including emergencies, planned shutdowns, or urgent facility issues.\n· Ability to develop and improve standards, specifications, Statements of Requirements, Requests for Proposals, templates, checklists, and governance documents.\n· Strong analytical, organizational, communication, presentation, and computer skills; ability to work independently, influence cross-functional teams, and make effective decisions with incomplete information.\n· Commitment to safety, quality, sustainability, compliance, and GM policies.\n· Ability and willingness to travel typically up to approximately 25% within North America, with occasional additional travel as business needs require; a valid passport is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n· Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license preferred; candidates without a current license may be considered if they can obtain an applicable license within 12 months of appointment. Licensure in other jurisdictions may be required based on assigned work.\n· Master’s degree in electrical engineering, architectural engineering, construction management, business administration, or a related field.\n· Experience with automotive, manufacturing, logistics, research, data center, office, campus, utility infrastructure, or other industrial facilities.\n· Experience with existing-facility evaluation, root-cause analysis, substations, high- and low-voltage distribution, transformers, switchgear, emergency and standby power, grounding, lighting, controls, life-safety and security systems, power quality, reliability, facility modifications, and repair or replacement strategies.\n· Practical knowledge of utility service, interconnection, metering, protection, power quality, reliability, outages, service entrances, capacity, coordination, and utility standards.\n· Experience with front-end planning, electrical studies, VDP activities, Appropriation Requests, and complex delivery methods such as design-build, design-bid-build, integrated project delivery, or construction management.\n· Experience coordinating testing, inspections, commissioning, pre-installation meetings, technical submittals, field engineering, construction issue resolution, BIM/VDC, model coordination, outage planning, utility coordination, and technical records.\n· Experience applying value engineering, lifecycle cost analysis, resilience, energy efficiency, electrification, low-carbon systems, adaptive reuse, or other sustainable electrical practices.\n· Multi-jurisdictional licensure, reciprocity, or experience across multiple states, provinces, or authorities having jurisdiction.\n· Spanish proficiency sufficient to communicate with project teams, contractors, plant personnel, and stakeholders in Spanish-speaking operations.\n\nGM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).\n\nThis role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.\n\nThis job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.\n\nAbout GM\nOur vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.\nWhy Join Us\nWe believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.\nBenefits Overview\nFrom day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.\nNon-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)\nGeneral Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.\nAll employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.\nWe encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. 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