- Estimate costs and prepare budgets.
- Organize workflow to meet specifications and deadlines.
- Liaise with other managers to formulate objectives and understand requirements.
- Monitor production to resolve issues.
- Supervise and evaluate performance of production personnel (quality inspectors, workers etc.).
- Determine amount of necessary resources (workforce, raw materials etc.).
- Approve maintenance work, purchasing of equipment etc.
- Ensure output meets quality standards.
- Enforce health and safety precautions.