POWERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS MECHANIC SUPERVISOR Jobs

Powered Support Systems Mechanic Supervisor As a POWERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS MECHANIC SUPERVISOR, WS-5378-10, the purpose of this position is to supervise workers, either directly or through one or more subordinate leaders and/or supervisors, in accomplishing the operations of a distinct organizational unit and to perform associated nonsupervisory work. The occupation and nonsupervisory grade level which best reflects the nature of the overall work operations supervised is Powered Support Systems Mechanic, WG-5378-10.Duties include planning weekly or monthly work schedules and sequence of operations, establishing deadlines and priorities, determining skills, materials, and equipment required to do the work, participating in the initial planning of current and future work schedules and development of budget requests, providing workload data, estimates, information on staffing needs, and recommendations as the scheduling of projected work, assigning tasks to be performed, explaining work requirements, methods, and procedures, instructing subordinates on new procedures or methods and providing assistance on difficult or new problem areas, reviewing work in progress or on completion, making adjustments as necessary to effectively and economically accomplish the work, noting and investigating work related problems and independently implementing corrective actions which can be taken without affecting work operations controlled by other supervisors, assuring that equipment and materiel is available when needed, coordinating work with other units, recommending and participating in the selection of personnel to fill vacancies, scheduling and approving leave of subordinates, setting performance requirements and making formal and informal performance appraisals, determining training needs of subordinates and arranging for its accomplishment, counseling employees on problems, adjusting informal complaints through discussions with employees and union representatives, taking informal corrective action on conduct or performance problems, initiating proposals for disciplinary action where needed, working to achieve the objectives of Government-wide programs and policies, e.g., equal employment opportunity and labor management relations, promoting the participation of subordinates in programs such as the suggestion program, cost reduction program, etc., ensuring that regulations governing safety and housekeeping are observed, maintaining production reports and records, periodically reviewing position descriptions of subordinates for currency and accuracy, initiating the detailing of subordinates to positions other than their own, initiating or participating in review and improvement of work methods, organizational features, and the structuring of positions to eliminate unnecessary positions and achieve optimum content in those remaining, performing the nonsupervisory work of the function as needed, implementing safety regulatory requirements, ensuring that subordinates wear appropriate safety equipment and follow pertinent safety precautions, preparing for and participating in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises, and performing other duties as assigned.