Machine Shop Supervisor
manufacturing › Machine Shop · M1 — M1 — Manager (Team Lead) · Management
Supervises daily operations of CNC and robotic machining equipment and the operators who run it.
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What this role is
Supervises daily operations of CNC and robotic machining equipment and the operators who run it. At the Manager (Team Lead) (M1) level, the role owns a single team, day-to-day delivery and people issues, and drives team output and health. Direct people management of one team.
What this level does
- Supervises the daily operations of a machining unit, assigning jobs across mills, lathes, drill presses, grinders, hones, and welders and keeping the machines running to schedule
- Reviews operators' analysis of drawings, blueprints, and design data to confirm correct part dimensions, tool selection, machine speeds, and feed rates before cutting
- Performs and checks precision measurement of machined parts to within .0001 of an inch, coaching machinists on inspection technique and good manufacturing practice
- Handles first-line troubleshooting when a machine or setup produces out-of-tolerance parts, escalating recurring issues to the senior supervisor
- Maintains a task-focused daily huddle covering safety, machine status, and job priorities for the shift's individual contributors
- Knowledge applied
- Applies deep hands-on machining expertise — machine tool operation, blueprint reading, and precision measurement — to established shop practices within one unit.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Solves limited-scope setup and quality problems using established practices; escalates anything outside the standard job sheet.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Daily interaction with the shift's machinists and peer supervisors on job priorities and machine status.
- Typical experience
- Functional machining expert with some leadership exposure, typically promoted from senior machinist.
Skills at this level
- Machine tool operation (mechanical skills)
- — Directs and validates operation of milling machines, lathes, grinders, laser and water jetting machines, wire EDM, and other machine tools across a shop.
- Precision measurement and GD&T
- — Governs accurate measurement of machined parts to within .0001 of an inch and enforces geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in inspection practice.
- Tooling knowledge and process selection
- — Sets standards for good manufacturing practice and for selecting tooling and machining resources to produce parts efficiently and to spec.
- Blueprint and design-data analysis
- — Interprets drawings, blueprints, models, and design data to confirm part dimensions, tool selection, machine speeds, and feed rates before production.
- CNC programming (G-code) and CAM strategy
- — Oversees development, writing, and fine-tuning of CNC machine code in G-code and CAD/CAM software, setting programming standards across the shop.
- Machining mathematics
- — Applies and verifies calculations of speeds, feeds, and dimensions that drive machining setup decisions.
- Manufacturing process improvement
- — Owns improvement of entire machining processes and shop-wide capability rather than the running of individual machines.
- Shop capacity and budget management
- — Plans machining capacity across machine types and manages departmental operating and capital budgets against demand.
- Machining workforce leadership
- — Builds machinist capability and staffs, coaches, and directs machining teams from cell leads to department managers.
- Machining capital equipment strategy
- — Sets direction on acquisition of CNC, laser/water-jet, wire EDM, and metrology assets to advance shop process capability.
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