Description
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.
- • Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
- • Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
- • Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
- • Transmit and explain work orders to laborers.
- • Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders.
- • Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
- • Examine freight to determine loading sequences.
- • Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals.
- • Perform the same work duties as those supervised, or perform more difficult or skilled tasks or assist in their performance.
- • Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.
- • Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.
- • Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development.
- • Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.
- • Resolve personnel problems, complaints, or formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution.
- • Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or disciplinary measures.
- • Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction.
- • Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials.
- • Quote prices to customers.
- • Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.
- • Provide assistance in balancing books, tracking, monitoring, or projecting a unit's budget needs, and in developing unit policies and procedures.
- • Inspect job sites to determine the extent of maintenance or repairs needed.
- • Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations.
- • Inventory supplies and requisition or purchase additional items, as necessary.
- • Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
