First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

What Does a First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Do?

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
• 2Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
• 3Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
• 4Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
• 5Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.
• 6Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.
• 7Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.
• 8Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.

Required Skills

• Monitoring
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Automated inventory software
• ComputerEase construction accounting software
• Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
• Cost accounting software
• Database software
• Email software
• HCSS HeavyBid
• HCSS HeavyJob
• IBM Domino

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Salary