Frontline Supervisors of Material-Moving Equipment Operators

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve worker problems or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.
• Perform or schedule repairs or preventive maintenance of vehicles or other equipment.
• Recommend or implement personnel actions, such as employee selection, evaluation, rewards, or disciplinary actions.
• Maintain or verify records of time, materials, expenditures, or crew activities.
• Inspect or test materials, stock, vehicles, equipment, or facilities to ensure that they are safe, free of defects, and consistent with specifications.
• Interpret transportation or tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, or company policies and procedures for workers.
• Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, or shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, or destinations.
• Plan and establish schedules.
• Drive vehicles or operate machines or equipment to complete work assignments or to assist workers.
• Requisition needed personnel, supplies, equipment, parts, or repair services.
• Compute or estimate cash, payroll, transportation, personnel, or storage requirements.
• Direct workers in transportation or related services, such as pumping, moving, storing, or loading or unloading of materials.
• Assist workers in tasks, such as loading vehicles.
• Dispatch personnel and vehicles in response to telephone or radio reports of emergencies.
• Examine, measure, or weigh cargo or materials to determine specific handling requirements.
• Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, or other personnel to exchange information or to resolve problems.
• Enforce safety rules and regulations.
• Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation, operations or production goals.
• Explain and demonstrate work tasks to new workers or assign training tasks to experienced workers.
• Prepare, compile, and submit reports on work activities, operations, production, or work-related accidents.
• Recommend and implement measures to improve worker motivation, equipment performance, work methods, or customer services.
• Monitor field work to ensure proper performance and use of materials.