Machine Shop Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Production Planning: Schedule and prioritize daily work orders, assign tasks to machinists, and hit output targets.


• Team Management: Direct, train, and coach operators, monitor attendance and productivity, and handle shift handoffs.


• Quality Control: Inspect finished parts for dimensional accuracy, enforce standard operating procedures, and reduce defect rates.


• Safety Enforcement: Maintain strict compliance with safety rules, proper PPE use, and OSHA guidelines.


• Equipment & Tooling: Monitor machine performance, schedule maintenance, track tool wear, and troubleshoot equipment problems. 

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of CNC operations, manual machining, reading blueprints, and CAD/CAM software.


• Experience: Usually requires 3 to 7 years of hands-on machining experience, often with prior leadership or associate training.


• Communication: Clear verbal and written skills to coordinate with engineering, maintenance, and upper management

Machine Shop Supervisor Duties & Responsibilities

Tool design, assembly, manufacturing processing, cost estimating, systems planning, layout, standards, releasing, and requires the coordination of all disciplines

Ensuring optimum utilization of equipment and space by coordinating the layout of areas such as storage areas, test equipment

Responsible for the acquisition of new vehicles and maintaining the fleet for a facility

Ensure applicable product quality, product safety, and workplace environmental, health and safety (EH&S) requirements are met

Provide daily supervision and support of employees in the respective work cell(s)

Perform near miss and accident investigations

Maintain daily / weekly /monthly production reports

Inspect waste oil storage areas according to S.P.C.C

Direct Machine Operators and support personnel in compliance with daily work schedule

Ensure all direct reports follow all current safety regulations

Machine Shop Supervisor Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in education, Engineering, Manufacturing, Technical, Associates, Business, Management, Industrial, Business/Management, Mechanical Engineering with at least 3years of experience as MC Shop supervisor

Licensing or Certifications for Machine Shop Supervisor

With Safety Certification

Skills for Machine Shop Supervisor

Production planning

Scheduling of workload

Tooling requirements and machine maintenance to ensure a smooth flow of work through the departments Involving shop personnel

Machine shop LEAN, To improve productivity and reduce lead-times

Machine and equipment capabilities and staffing requirements

Machining Production processes and methods

Machining processes using a wide variety of machine tools