Manufacturing Engineer - Lockport
General Motors · Lockport, NY
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $80k–$126k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at General Motors (automotive) in Lockport, NY.
- They ask for
- degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, FMEA, Control plans, SolidWorks
- Base pay
- $80k–$126k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New York: typical posted base $81k–$120k. This one lists $80k–$126k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 64 manufacturing engineer openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New York plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 63 other live manufacturing postings in New York.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $81k–$120k, from 35 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 48%
- ✓ Root cause 39%
- Lean 39%
- Team leadership 28%
- New product launch 25%
- Cost reduction 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Control plans, SolidWorks, Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
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This plant: General Motors in Lockport
2 other open roles at this site · 7 people we found in manufacturing roles at General Motors.
- Controls Engineer - (Off Shift) - Lockport · Controls
- Quality Engineer - Lockport · Quality
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The Role
This is a Manufacturing Engineering position that will support machine troubleshooting, continuous improvement projects, and problem solving on heat exchanger process equipment.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
- ✓Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience.
- ✓Problem-Solving: Proven ability to resolve quality issues and troubleshoot mechanical breakdowns.
- ✓Project Leadership: Experience leading projects and defining scopes of work for maintenance teams.
- ✓Schedule Flexibility: Ability to support off-shifts and weekends as needed by the business.
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
- ✓Industry Experience: Background in manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or maintenance.
- ✓Technical Troubleshooting: Hands-on equipment troubleshooting experience, including familiarity with hydraulics and pneumatics.
- ✓Technical Literacy: Ability to read and interpret equipment drawings.
- ✓Design Software: Proficiency using SolidWorks.
- ✓Union Environment: Experience working collaboratively in a unionized facility.
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Job Description
What You’ll Do:
- •Lead problem solving and troubleshooting initiatives to determine root cause for equipment related issues
- •Create technical documentation such as job instructions and preventative maintenance tasks
- •Support the ongoing implementation of processes control plans, PFMEA's, spare part setups, equipment drawings
- •Maintain communication with partners outside of the work group including safety, quality, production, and maintenance
- •Lead continuous improvement projects to provide technical solutions to technical problems
Benefits
- •GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
GM 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).
This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
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