State of Maryland

An Information Technology (IT) Production Control Specialist Supervisor is the supervisory level of work in scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining a tape library to process data on multipurpose, multi-tasking computer systems.  Employees in this classification supervise the work of lower-level IT Production Control Specialists.

Employees in this classification receive general supervision from a Computer Operator Manager or other information technology administrator.  Employees in this classification may be required to work evenings, weekends and holidays.  The work may be performed in a computer room and may involve exposure to moderate levels of noise and to a climate controlled environment necessary to keep the computer from overheating.  The work requires careful observance of safety procedures related to fire extinguishing systems for computers.  The work may require operating high speed equipment such as bursters, decollators or binders and may require moving boxes of paper and tapes weighing up to forty pounds.

Positions in this classification are evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology.  The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the classification specification.

The IT Production Control Specialist Supervisor is differentiated from the IT Production Control Specialist Lead in that the IT Production Control Specialist Supervisor has supervisory responsibility for lower-level IT Production Control Specialists while the IT Production Control Specialist Lead assigns, reviews and approves the work of and trains IT Production Control Specialists.

Plans, coordinates, supervises and evaluates the work of lower-level IT Production Control Specialists and related support staff;

Maintains and updates job control procedures and logs and records of scheduling, input and output and tape library management;

Instructs staff in production control policies and procedures;

Reviews new production job documentation submitted by users for compliance with standard job control language and procedures, advises users on job control standards and recommends job submission procedures to users to ensure efficient processing of data;

Informs users of changes in policies and procedures affecting the job production control standards;

Verifies input and output controls and reconciliation as detailed in job requests and job control procedure documentation;

Notifies users, computer operators, programmers and technical staff of the nature of production control problems which cannot be resolved by standard production control procedures;

Prepares reports for management on production control activities;

May oversee the scheduling of production jobs using job control procedures, programmer documentation and user job scheduling requests;

May oversee the maintenance of a tape library and the retrieval and storage of tapes for production jobs;

May oversee the sending of tape expiration notices to users, purging of expired tapes or updating of expiration listing as directed;

May oversee the backing up of data files and the offsite storage of critical data files;

May maintain inventory of data processing forms which may include negotiable documents and may requisition forms and supplies as needed;

Performs other related duties.

Class Descriptions are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies.  Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

Class Descriptions provide information about the Nature of Work, Examples of Work, General Requirements and Acknowledgements.  The Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; Minimum Education and Experience Requirements; Special Requirements; and recruitment and testing procedures are set by the using agency.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions.  Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.

Employees in this classification are eligible to receive overtime compensation.  An employee who works more than the normal workweek is entitled to be compensated for that overtime, as provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 8-305.