metal production supervisor
Metal production supervisors oversee the day-to-day working process and activities of the labourers in a metal fabrication factory. They supervise staff, create work schedules, maintain a safe work environment and serve as the first, most accessible management representative for the workers to contact when there is need.
metal production supervisor metal production supervisors oversee the day-to-day working process and activities of the labourers in a metal fabrication factory. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include types of metal, types of metal manufacturing processes, record production data for quality control, manage emergency procedures, monitor stock level.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £36,777 a year for Production, factory and assembly supervisors (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £30,598 to £46,288 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8160). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only metal production supervisor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Production and Processing
- Administration and Management
- Personnel and Human Resources
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
- Administrative
- Education and Training
What you'd actually do
- Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
- Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked.
- Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
- 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.
- Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does metal production supervisor do?
Metal production supervisors oversee the day-to-day working process and activities of the labourers in a metal fabrication factory. They supervise staff, create work schedules, maintain a safe work environment and serve as the first, most accessible management representative for the workers to contact when there is need.
What skills does metal production supervisor need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include types of metal, types of metal manufacturing processes, record production data for quality control, manage emergency procedures, monitor stock level, identify hazards in the workplace. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace metal production supervisor?
Our AI-durability model gives metal production supervisor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.