• 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, or 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.

Typical day

On a daily basis, CNC Supervisors enforce safety and sanitation regulations. They keep records of employees’ attendance and hours worked.

• 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.
• Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
• 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.

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, CNC Supervisors also plan and develop new products and production processes. They may also conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers.

On a weekly to monthly basis, CNC Supervisors confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances. They might also recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.

In addition, they requisition materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.

To some CNC Supervisors, it is also their responsibility to recommend or execute personnel actions, such as hirings, evaluations, or promotions.