First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

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.

Investigate accidents or injuries and prepare reports of findings.

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.

Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs.

Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.

Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.

Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures.

Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.

Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.

Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.

Review, evaluate, accept, and coordinate completion of work bid from contractors.

Compile operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.

Develop or implement electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.

Meet with vendors or suppliers to discuss products used in repair work.

Design equipment configurations to meet personnel needs.