First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

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.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
• 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.
• Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked.

Technology

• Apple iWork Pages
• Apple Safari
• Aptean Made2Manage
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Bowen & Groves M1 ERP
• Capterra Enterprise Resource Planning
• Database software
• Delphi Technology
• Email software
• Encompix ERP
• Epicor Vantage ERP
• Epicor Vista ERP
• Exact MAX
• Extensible markup language XML

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in TX
  Median $70,140 · Employment 58,930
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in CA
  Median $76,840 · Employment 48,550
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in OH
  Median $72,160 · Employment 31,980
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in IL
  Median $75,200 · Employment 29,640
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in PA
  Median $74,990 · Employment 28,900
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in FL
  Median $63,950 · Employment 27,710
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in IN
  Median $73,950 · Employment 26,870
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in MI
  Median $72,170 · Employment 26,650
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in GA
  Median $69,170 · Employment 26,190
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in WI
  Median $74,840 · Employment 25,500
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in NC
  Median $69,640 · Employment 22,240
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in Chicago, IL
  Median $76,500 · Employment 20,970

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