Production Supervisor - Hiring Now

We are searching for an energetic Production Supervisor to join our productive team at Dana Incorporated in Auburn Hills, MI.
Growing your career as a Full Time Production Supervisor is a fantastic opportunity to develop exceptional skills.
If you are strong in critical thinking, project management and have the right personality for the job, then apply for the position of Production Supervisor at Dana Incorporated today!

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

Job Purpose

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Job Duties and Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY
Oversee, provide leadership for and coordinate activities for production within the plant to ensure the achievement of safety, quality, delivery, and productivity KPIs. Supervisors develop problem solving teams, constantly monitor KPI performance, and initiate problem solving at once if hourly targets are missed. 

JOB RESPONSIBLITIES
➢ Supervise all employees in your department and manage the flow of production while encouraging teamwork within the lines and across all shifts.
➢ Conduct, update, and assess employee training matrix. In charge of completing performance evaluations along with coach and counsel with hourly employees.
➢ Responsible for training validation of team members, safety of the shop floor, maintaining housekeeping, and general maintenance.
➢ Actively participate in all aspects of quality control as it’s related to daily production.
➢ Monitor scrap daily and initiate corrective actions to minimize scrap and achieve AOP targets.
➢ Verify and ensure employees follow work standards/First Piece Sheets, quality checkpoint sheets and all other production related documents are present at the point of use and up to date. Complete LPAs and Safety-First audits
➢ Able to coach and give disciplinary actions to employees when necessary.
➢ Forward thinking and self-motivated in relation to production floor/systems improvements.
➢ Involved in problem solving and corrective actions related to production floor/system improvements.
➢ Lead Shift Hand-off Meetings (discuss safety, quality, delivery, production, team performance, continuous improvement activities, scrap, machine down time)
➢ Partner, coach, lead, and direct Team Leaders across all shifts.
➢ Schedule and post overtime requirements when necessary.
➢ Responsible for monitoring vacation, attendance, and time-entry of employees in your department.
➢ Supports, enforces, and complies with all company policies and procedures.
➢ Follow Local UAW contract language.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
➢ High School diploma required. College degree or some college preferred.
➢ 3+ years manufacturing or assembly experience. Union experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
➢ Supervisory experience preferred.
➢ Solution oriented with the ability to investigate and analyze data for problem solving.
➢ Project Management skills and ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
➢ Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to think and act cross-functionally.
➢ Computer proficiency in a Windows environment utilizing Microsoft Office.
➢ Basic mechanical aptitude with strong attention to detail focus.
➢ Ability to work in a fast paced, highly complex setting.
➢ Must have the ability to work overtime and weekends as required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per Dana policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Dana will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.​

Benefits of working as a Production Supervisor in Auburn Hills, MI:

● Company offers great benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package