Supervisor, Production / Operating Worker

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Assembly Supervisor; Line Supervisor; Manufacturing Supervisor; Molding Supervisor; Plant Supervisor; Production Manager; Production Supervisor; Quality Assurance Supervisor (QA Supervisor)

Tasks

• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
• Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked.
• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
• 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.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
• Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, or fabricators.
• Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers.
• Evaluate employee performance.
• Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
• Determine standards, budgets, production goals, and rates, based on company policies, equipment and labor availability, and workloads.
• Calculate labor and equipment requirements and production specifications, using standard formulas.
• Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.

Knowledge

• Production and Processing
• Administration and Management
• Personnel and Human Resources
• English Language
• Administrative
• Computers and Electronics
• Mathematics
• Engineering and Technology
• Mechanical
• Education and Training

Skills

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Written Comprehension
• Deductive Reasoning
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Near Vision
• Fluency of Ideas
• Originality
• Perceptual Speed
• Visualization
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Flexibility of Closure
• Selective Attention
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Manual Dexterity
• Far Vision