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maintenance-mechanic supervisor

A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in setting up, installing, repairing, and maintaining machinery and equipment, and in fabricating metal parts and tools. Responsibilities include:

  • Directs workers engaged in repairing and maintaining parts of equipment and machines.
  • Coordinates activities of workers engaged in installation of machinery and equipment.
  • Directs workers in electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment.
  • Assists workers in diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment based on observation of machinery and applying knowledge from past experience.
  • Directs workers engaged in dismantling, assembling, and installing industrial machinery.
  • Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
  • May requisition and keep supply of spare parts.
  • May modify programming of robots and related equipment, such as robot controllers and programmable controllers. May coordinate activities of workers engaged in programming machinery and equipment.
  • May supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in making structural repairs to buildings.
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