Production Supervisor

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.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for the supervision, coordination, and effective scheduling of workers to meet production targets and quality standards. Responsibilities include training hourly team members in production methods, safety, policies and procedures, and identifying and correcting potential health and safety issues.

• Ensuring shift production and staff schedules optimize plant resources and hit safety, customer quantity, quality and delivery targets.
• Collaborating with team leaders, quality staff, maintenance and engineering on day-to-day and longer-term problem solving to secure daily production targets and continuous improvements.
• Participating on plant teams relating to engineering, safety, maintenance, training and quality for the optimal implementation of the Dana Operating System and continuous improvements, along with related record keeping and system revisions.
• Training and coaching production staff in a unionized plant, ensuring communications, staff involvement, and health & safety are top priorities.
• Completing production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel, accomplishing work results, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, resolving problems, and communicating shift results and production targets.
• Maintaining a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with the OHSA and the responsibilities as defined under Section (27) of the OHSA and established company policies and procedures.
• Ensuring machinery is operating efficiently and safely.
• Working directly with Manufacturing Manager and other departments to ensure timely production, quality part, and timely delivery in all areas.
• Correcting or commending Health and Safety performance.
• Conducting Performance Appraisals for workers' safety performance.
• Maintaining a working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

• Several years of progressively responsible manufacturing experience.
• Ability to use a variety of Microsoft computer programs.
• Post-secondary education in a related field.
• Success as a participant in continuous-improvement projects or teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, inter-personal and communication skills.

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.