Responsibilities

• Ensure that the department is properly staffed to meet production schedules. Make daily job assignments at shift start based on job order requirements and team attendance.
• Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
• Confer with other department supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects and malfunctions.
• Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees or assign employees to experienced workers for training.
• Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
• Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
• Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality or efficiency.
• Requisition materials, supplies, equipment, parts or repair services.
• Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions. Discipline or recommend discipline as needed.
• Act as a liaison between management and production team.
• Organize initial job training and cross training for all team members.