Description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
- • Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- • Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- • Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- • Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- • Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
- • Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs.
- • Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.
- • Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- • Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
- • Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.
- • Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
- • Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.
- • Negotiate materials prices with suppliers.
- • Conduct site audits to ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations.
- • Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems.
- • Implement operational and emergency procedures.
- • Maintain records to demonstrate compliance with safety and environmental laws, regulations, or policies.
- • Monitor permit requirements for updates.
- • Optimize operational costs and productivity consistent with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
- • Prepare reports on operations and system productivity or efficiency.
- • Supervise subordinate employees.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
