Industrial Production Managers

Industrial Production Managers typically perform the following tasks: • Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality. • Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations. • Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints. • Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. • Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances. • Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems. • Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records. • Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes. • Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. • Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies. • Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines. • Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs. • Negotiate materials prices with suppliers. • Conduct site audits to ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations. • Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems. • Implement operational and emergency procedures. • Maintain records to demonstrate compliance with safety and environmental laws, regulations, or policies. • Monitor permit requirements for updates. • Optimize operational costs and productivity consistent with safety and environmental rules and regulations. • Prepare reports on operations and system productivity or efficiency.