First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
• Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
• Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
• Transmit and explain work orders to laborers.
• Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders.
• Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
• Examine freight to determine loading sequences.
• Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals.
• Perform the same work duties as those supervised, or perform more difficult or skilled tasks or assist in their performance.
• Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.
• Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.
• Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development.
• Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.
• Resolve personnel problems, complaints, or formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution.
• Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or disciplinary measures.
• Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction.
• Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.
• Inspect job sites to determine the extent of maintenance or repairs needed.
• Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations.
• Inventory supplies and requisition or purchase additional items, as necessary.
• Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

• Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials.
• Quote prices to customers.
• Provide assistance in balancing books, tracking, monitoring, or projecting a unit's budget needs, and in developing unit policies and procedures.

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