A Tool Crib Supervisor leads the team running a tool crib in a manufacturing or maintenance operation — owning tool issuance, return, calibration tracking, and inventory accuracy.
Tool Crib Supervisor pay typically runs $66K–$103K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to hold roughly steady through 2034.
Days tend to revolve around issuing tools, processing returns, and tracking what's where. You're managing crew assignments, handling stock-out situations, coaching staff on transaction discipline, and partnering with the production or maintenance teams who depend on tool availability. Calibration cycles and audits shape certain weeks.
The collaboration tends to be wider than expected. You're working with production or maintenance, purchasing, calibration vendors, and quality. Friction usually lives in the gap between operational urgency and the transaction discipline that protects accuracy, and patient enforcement matters.
People who tend to thrive enjoy structured operational work with technical inventory and constant low-level problem-solving and find satisfaction in clean records and zero stock-outs. If you need strategic stretch or varied work, the role can feel narrow.
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View all Admin & Office roles →A Tool Crib Supervisor leads the team running a tool crib in a manufacturing or maintenance operation — owning tool issuance, return, calibration tracking, and inventory accuracy.
Median pay for a Tool Crib Supervisor is about $66K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $44K to $103K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Monitoring.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 0.3% through 2034, with roughly 1.5 million people working in it today (BLS).
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