Production Supervisor

AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing; Three Rivers (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dauch Three Rivers Manufacturing facility, a fully onsite operation, seeks a Production Supervisor to lead production teams and optimize daily output. The role requires strong leadership, experience in a union automotive setting, and availability across shifts, overtime, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities include supervising associates, coordinating production plans, monitoring material flow, and driving process improvements to meet daily schedules while maintaining safety and quality

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 4 years of relevant work experience in manufacturing/engineering.
• Willingness to work any shift, overtime, weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production associates and manage performance expectations.
• Coordinate planning, scheduling, setup, and running of production activities.
• Monitor materials flow and ensure timely production results.
• Identify and address delays, workflow stoppages, and process improvements.
• Record daily shift production data and calculate yields.
• Communicate status, requirements, and issues to the next shift.

Skills

Strong leadership

Union manufacturing experience

Shift flexibility

Education

High School Diploma or GED

4 years of manufacturing/engineering experience

Job description

Job Posting Title

Production Supervisor

Job Description Summary

Dauch’s Three Rivers Manufacturing facility is looking for a Production Supervisor to join our growing team! This is a fully onsite position.

Production Supervisors oversee production and collaborate with leaders of production support staff to review production floor performance. In addition, they facilitate the planning, scheduling, setup, and running of production activities. Supervisors also lead the dispersal and distribution of materials for production and maintain labor and material requirements to meet the daily production schedule.

The ideal candidate will be a strong leader, have experience in a union automotive manufacturing environment, and have availability to support the production teams on any shift, overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Job Description:

• Supervises production associate outcomes by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.

• Maintains production processes by observing process volumes; recommending process adjustments.

• Completes production processes by monitoring progress; expediting material flow and work results; resolving problems.

• Improves process workflow by eliminating stoppages; analyzing delays; testing new methods.

• Records production by completing daily shift production reports; calculating yields and recoveries.

• Maintains process flow by communicating production status, requirements, and problems to next shift.

• Maintains working relationship with union, where applicable, by complying with the terms of the (CBA).

• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy production process environment by adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.

• Contributes to production process and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.

• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

• High School Diploma or GED.

• Combination of 4 years of relevant work experience and/or higher education in a manufacturing or engineering field.

• Availability and willingness to work any shift, overtime, and weekends as requested.

About Dauch:

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [e-mail]. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.