Paint&Lining Supervisor

Summary Description

Guardian Rail is proud to operate one of the country’s leading freight rail services and transportation companies with a large network of freight and tank car repair facilities, a nationwide network of running repair agents, and a rail services division that operates short line railroads and contract switching and transloading sites.

The Paint & Lining Supervisor is responsible for the direct supervision and coordination of activities for employees in the paint and lining department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations within the assigned unit and ensure production goals are met
• Confer with management or subordinates to resolve Team Member concerns and complaints.
• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
• Maintenance of airless spray and plural component equipment
• Train on abrasive blast techniques
• Maintenance of blast equipment
• VOC emission reporting/tracking
• Maintain personal protective equipment requirements and standards with overall management of large railcar paint facility
• Responsible of ensuring staff implements and follows companywide initiatives, policies, and practices
• Ensure work meets AAR requirements, quality standards and customer demands
• Keeps department within budget and responsible for achieving targeted profit revenues
• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
• Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.
• Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures or assign employee training to experienced workers.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of department Team Members
• Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
• Requisition materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services.
• Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
• Recommend or execute personnel actions, such as hiring, evaluations, and promotions.
• Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
• Calculate labor and equipment requirements and production specifications, using standard formulas

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