Production support supervisor vs production superintendent

The differences between production support supervisors and production superintendents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a production support supervisor and a production superintendent. Additionally, a production superintendent has an average salary of $88,703, which is higher than the $64,317 average annual salary of a production support supervisor.

The top three skills for a production support supervisor include production operations, production environment and GMP. The most important skills for a production superintendent are continuous improvement, OSHA, and production supervisors.

Production support supervisor vs production superintendent overview

	Production Support Supervisor	Production Superintendent
Yearly salary	$64,317	$88,703
Hourly rate	$30.92	$42.65
Growth rate	10%	-
Number of jobs	127,090	101,534
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Production support supervisor vs production superintendent salary

Production support supervisors and production superintendents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Production Support Supervisor	Production Superintendent
Average salary	$64,317	$88,703
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $108,000	Between $62,000 And $125,000
Highest paying City	-	East Windsor, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Bunge
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between production support supervisor and production superintendent education

There are a few differences between a production support supervisor and a production superintendent in terms of educational background:

	Production Support Supervisor	Production Superintendent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Production support supervisor vs production superintendent demographics

Here are the differences between production support supervisors' and production superintendents' demographics:

	Production Support Supervisor	Production Superintendent
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 74.9% Female, 25.1%	Male, 95.5% Female, 4.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 5.2% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 4.8% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between production support supervisor and production superintendent duties and responsibilities

Production support supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage manufacturing department operations to ensure compliance with establish quality specifications, production levels, and FDA regulations.
Write custom SQL scripts for reporting and or SPROCs for application support.
Keep department and employees prepare at all times for ISO, QBR and other various audits.
Extract and format financial reports from the company's mainframe and distribute them to the proper departments on a daily basis.
Create PL/SQL procedures for validating and estimating incoming meter data.
Plan processes and procedures base on ITIL methodologies to implement industry best practices for a high availability environment.

Production superintendent example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day operation and maintenance activities in a high volume, OSHA, PSM cover specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
Participate in kaizen events and lean projects.
Script SQL commands for data mining and ad-hoc reports.
Analyze vendor data and debug production databases (SQL).
Introduce Kaizen and SPC to facility and develop metrics for operating unit.
Train employees in hazard analysis of critical control points (HACCP).

Production support supervisor vs production superintendent skills

Common production support supervisor skills

Production Operations, 15%
Production Environment, 12%
GMP, 10%
Direct Reports, 7%
Production Equipment, 7%
Product Quality, 6%

Common production superintendent skills

Continuous Improvement, 10%
OSHA, 10%
Production Supervisors, 9%
Safety Standards, 9%
Product Quality, 7%
Equipment Maintenance, 5%

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