Shift Superintendent

This position is for 3rd shift.

Job Summary: Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Shift Superintendent is responsible for managing and directing all manufacturing functions in accordance with customer requirements, company policies and procedures on their assigned shift.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for coordination and communication of production goals.
• Review production schedules and ensure maximize throughput and efficiency.
• Establish goals, performance targets, and performance standards for the production function.
• Ensure accountability and discipline within the production departments and other departments; motivate supervisors and employees to achieve peek productivity and performance.
• Chair shift cross functional meetings between departments.
• Lead meetings: staff, operations, key metrics, requiring production representation on assigned shift.
• Develop and analyze production and react to plant reports.
• Interact with all functional groups.
• Work with HR on manpower issues and staffing.
• Provides direction, development, mentorship, and leadership to direct reports.
• Conduct performance reviews on direct reports.
• Promote, monitor, and ensure a safe work environment.
• Comply with all safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Participate in special projects as needed or assigned by manager.
• Maintain a clean, organized facility.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills – writing, speaking, listening, and observing.
• Ability to understand goals and objectives and convert them into action plans, tasks, initiatives, and activities that ensure success.
• Ability to take initiative, to maintain confidentiality, to meet deadlines, and to work in a team environment is essential.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to gather, interpret and analyze information, provide clear direction.
• PC-based computing experience word processing-Word, spreadsheet-Excel, presentation- PowerPoint, Plex.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, management or related field preferred or combination of education and experience.
• Strong manufacturing background – automotive industry experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience required.

Linamar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workplace without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Linamar Corporation encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will reasonably accommodate applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process upon request.