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Production Supervisor / Line Chief

Owns one sewing line hour by hour: manpower, feeding, quality at source and the target board.

Level
Entry level
Works in
Sewing line
Department
Production & industrial engineering
Directory organisations in
Bangladesh
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The daily work

  • Allocate operators to operations and cover absence without losing balance.
  • Keep feeding, trims and bundles ahead of the line so machines never idle.
  • Stop the line on a repeating defect and get the root cause fixed at the operation.
  • Update the hourly board and escalate off-standard time immediately.
  • Train new operators on the critical operations of the running style.

Skills employers screen for

  • Reading an operation bulletin and a spec sheet
  • Handling people fairly and firmly under target pressure
  • Recognising the common sewing defects at source
  • Basic maintenance judgement: when to call the mechanic

Qualification

Apparel diploma, or promotion from a skilled operator role. Sewing-floor experience matters more than certificates here.

How to get in

  1. 1.Learn the defect set cold — most supervisor interviews are practical defect and balancing questions.
  2. 2.Ask for a line-attachment during any internship rather than an office desk.
  3. 3.Apply as Supervisor Trainee; groups running dozens of lines recruit these continuously.

Organisations that employ this role

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