Timekeeper (production) - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Timekeeper (production) earn

A Timekeeper (production) earns between $1.225 and $4.045 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.921 and a median salary of $1.681 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 350 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • other mid-level technicians
• • • middle level technicians in industrial operations
• • • • production planning and control technicians

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Production Planning and Control Technicians they work in different types of industrial, commercial and service companies, focusing on construction companies, the chemical and petrochemical industry, the manufacture of textile products, pulp, paper and paper products, in the automobile complex, among others. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, who organize themselves into a team, under occasional supervision. They usually work in shifts. Some of the activities they carry out may be subject to noise, high temperatures, radiation, dust and toxic material.

What does it take to work in the field of Production Planning and Control Technicians

The exercise of these occupations requires a mid-level technical course in the area of activity. The full performance of activities occurs after one or two years of experience.

Functions and activities of Timekeeper (production)

Production Planning and Control Technicians must:

Activities

scaling human resources;
elaborate control charts and reports;
demonstrate flexibility;
monitor production flow;
develop maintenance schedule;
define contingency plan;
quantify production volumes by periods;
allocate resources (human, material and inputs);
keep records;
collect production data;
analyze production orders;
demonstrate critical sense;
analyze production capacity;
inspect supplies (raw materials and inputs);
identify alternative suppliers;
show creativity;
identify deviations in the production process;
specify resources from related areas;
demonstrate commitment;
predict maintenance downtime;
propose improvements in machinery and equipment;
make information available;
register input and output of materials and inputs;
update information;
assist in the definition of work instructions;
adapt;
relate;
define the layout of the production process;
show initiative;
define transportation, handling, storage and distribution of raw materials prime and supplies;
schedule preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance;
make information available;
define safety stock for each item;
propose improvements in the production process;
scaling utilities (steam, water, compressed air and electricity);
demonstrate holistic vision ability;
set production priorities;
carry out available resources survey;
rearrange production mix;
demonstrate dynamism;
define inspection routines;
use quality tools;
request supplies (raw materials and inputs);
interacting with customers and suppliers;
set control parameters;
establish production sequence;
define supplies (raw materials and inputs);
formalize production plan;
define corrective actions;
forecast production stops;
identify production requirements;
classify supplies (raw materials and inputs);
show logical reasoning;
propose alternative supplies;
set production schedule;

Sectors that hire Timekeeper (production) the most in the job market

• clothing parts making
• underwear making
• clothing parts faction
• manufacture of leather footwear
• manufacture of footwear from synthetic material
• made-to-measure clothing parts
• manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
• road transport of cargo, except dangerous goods and removals, intercity, interstate and international
• retail sale of new cars, vans and utility vehicles
• temporary labor lease