Production and Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description

• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations. • Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators. • Confer with other 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 or malfunctions. • Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards. • Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers. • Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers. • Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked. • 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. • Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel. • Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules. • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance. • Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts. • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements. • Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use. • Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures. • Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors. • Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.