Production Shift Supervisor – CNC/VMC/HMC Machine Shop

JOB DESCRIPTION – Shift Supervisor

Company Profile

GA Steel Tech is the advanced machining division of GA Steels (Girdharilal Agrawal & Co., est. 1957), established in April 2015 in Khalapur (Raigad, Maharashtra, near Mumbai) to deliver value-added solutions beyond raw special steels stocking. Strategically located near suppliers like Sanyo Special Steels India for seamless logistics, it reduces customer costs by handling outsourcing complexities, allowing focus on core activities.

GA Steels, India's largest special/tool steels distributor (65+ years), stocks 8,000 MT inventory (75,000 MT supplied annually) in Kalamboli/Taloja warehouses. GA Steel Tech complements this with 2,500 MT/year precision machining, offering "steel to solutions" for tool & die, automotive forging, mining, bearings, pharma tooling. Key milestone: 2013 co-development of AISI H13 EFS with Sanyo for superior die life vs. European imports.

Position Title

Shift Supervisor – CNC/VMC/HMC Machine Shop

Job Grade

 

Reporting To

Production / Operations Head

Function/ Department

Production / Operations

Job Location

Khalapur

Educational Qualification

Diploma / Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Region

Maharashtra

Experience

3 to 5 years of experience in CNC/VMC/HMC machining, programming and shift supervision

Position Type

Full-time

Job purpose

To lead CNC/VMC/HMC shop-floor operations during the assigned shift, ensuring optimum productivity, quality, manpower utilization, machine efficiency, safety, and timely completion of production targets.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the team of setters and operators and allocate manpower/machines as per production priorities.
• Run the shift at optimum efficiency and ensure achievement of production targets.
• Understand CNC programs and modify existing programs for efficiency enhancement where required.
• Interpret engineering drawings, blueprints and CAD models to support machining and program development.
• Use knowledge of CAM/CNC programming for 3-, 4- and 5-axis machining operations.
• Analyse job orders, process requirements, tolerances and perform necessary shop-floor calculations.
• Monitor CNC/VMC/HMC machine operations, cycle time, rejection, rework and downtime.
• Ensure correct use of measuring instruments and in-process inspection of machined parts.
• Coordinate with Quality and Maintenance teams for production, quality and machine-related issues.
• Ensure shift handover, production records and shop-floor discipline are maintained.

People Management

• Lead, guide and supervise a team of approximately 20 setters and operators.
• Allocate work based on skill, machine availability and production requirements.
• Communicate clearly with operators, supervisors, QC and maintenance personnel.
• Guide team members on safe machine operation, quality requirements and productivity improvement.
• Maintain discipline, attendance, housekeeping and effective shift handover.

Decision Making

• Prioritize jobs and machine loading based on production schedules and delivery requirements.
• Take immediate action on machining abnormalities, quality deviations and minor process issues.
• Adjust or recommend program/process improvements to improve efficiency and quality.
• Escalate major machine breakdowns, quality concerns or production risks to the concerned department/head.
• Decide manpower deployment within the shift to maintain optimum output.

Key Result areas

• Achieve shift-wise production targets with optimum machine and manpower utilization.
• Improve productivity and machine efficiency while controlling cycle time and downtime.
• Minimize rejection and rework by ensuring adherence to drawings, tolerances and process requirements.
• Ensure smooth operation of CNC/VMC/HMC machines and timely coordination for breakdowns.
• Maintain accurate production, rejection, downtime and shift-handover records.
• Ensure safety, quality, 5S/housekeeping and shop-floor discipline.

Key Skills

• Hands-on knowledge of CNC/VMC/HMC machine operations and CNC programming.
• Experience with CNC programming software; exposure to 3-, 4- and 5-axis machining preferred.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, blueprints, CAD models and understand part tolerances.
• Knowledge of CAM software and machining process fundamentals.
• Ability to use and read measuring tools and inspection devices for machined parts.
• Good analytical, problem-solving and shop mathematics skills.
• Strong team leadership and manpower-handling capability.
• Basic English reading, writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced shop-floor environment and support overtime when required.
• Experience in engineering, steel or metal machining industry preferred.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the Shift Supervisor position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications or a comprehensive listing of every task that an employee may be required to perform.