A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in grinding, turning, and shot blasting mill rolls to specified surface finish and in repairing roll set bearings of mill rolls used in shaping steel in rolling mills. Respnsibilities include:

• Reviews job orders, studies blueprint specifications, and inspects rolls to plan shop work.
• Schedules shop operations and daily work loads, considering such factors as mill rolling schedules, amount of turning, grinding, and shot blasting required to dress rolls, and available workers.
• Assigns workers to duties, explains work requirements, and issues blueprints and templates for performing work.
• Inspects work in progress and completed work for conformance to specifications and shop standards.
• Prepares production and progress reports.
• Inspects roll shop equipment and arranges for maintenance and repair work.
• Initiates changes in work methods to improve worker performance and production efficiency.
• Trains workers in operation of shop machines and equipment.
• Keeps production and time records.
• Requisitions materials and supplies.