DETROIT, MI - General Motors is adding a third shift and more than 500 jobs at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant.



The Detroit automaker said Monday the additional shift, coming online in the second quarter, is needed to meet forecast demand for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro.



The positions are both hourly and salaried. The company is in the process of hiring now. The Lansing plant will employ about 2,300 workers once the latest round of hiring is complete.

In November 2014, GM temporarily laid off 350 hourly workers at the Lansing plant. The second shift returned when GM shifted production of the new Camaro from an Ontario, Canada site to the Lansing one.

GM also produces the Cadillac ATS and CTS models at Lansing Grand River Assembly.

The sixth-generation, 2016 Chevy Camaro was unveiled last May in Detroit.

The first wave of the new pony cars started rolling off the assembly line in October and were expected to arrive at dealerships and to other customers by mid-November.

David Muller is the automotive and business reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. Email him at dmuller@mlive.com, follow him on Twitter or find him on Facebook.