2nd Shift Plant Superintendent

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 two primary markets – passenger vehicle and commercial truck 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

The Production Superintendent provides leadership and oversight for multiple production lines or departments, ensuring operational efficiency, quality, and safety. This role supports strategic planning, resource allocation, and cross-functional coordination.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversee production supervisors and ensure alignment with plant goals.
• Monitor KPIs and drive performance improvements across shifts.
• Lead initiatives to improve productivity, reduce waste, and enhance quality.
• Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, and quality teams to resolve issues.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• This position is responsible for the manufacturing operations on their assigned shift. Responsible for achieving daily productivity, efficiency, cost, quality, safety and EOE objectives through both individual and team contributions. Provides direction, leadership, development, and support to shift supervisors through empowerment, teamwork, on-the-job assignments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  
  

Education And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of applicable experience
• 5 years of experience
  
  

Skills

• Strategic leadership and operational planning.
• Strong analytical and performance management skills.
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication.
• Experience with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Manages off shift operations team; oversees support other function personnel; materials, quality, maintenance
• Reduces lost and idle time, non-conformities and non-value-added processes
• Ensures operator emphasis on customer expectations, and effective product line communication
• Continuous manufacturing process improvement resulting in reduced re-work and product scrap
• Management of on-hand and work in process inventories
• Coordinate continuous improvement activities resulting in high quality and competitively priced products
• Develops subordinates and ensures consistency in personnel policy administration
• Ability to manage and run departments by the number to ensure profitability
• Ensure effective utilization of assets
  
  

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.