Industrial Engineers
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.
What you’d do
- Estimate production costs, cost saving methods, and the effects of product design changes on expenditures for management review, action, and control.
- Plan and establish sequence of operations to fabricate and assemble parts or products and to promote efficient utilization.
- Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and establish quality and reliability objectives of finished product.
- Confer with clients, vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, or project status.
- Communicate with management and user personnel to develop production and design standards.
- Evaluate precision and accuracy of production and testing equipment and engineering drawings to formulate corrective action plan.
- Recommend methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities.
- Record or oversee recording of information to ensure currency of engineering drawings and documentation of production problems.
Skills that matter
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Complex Problem Solving
- Speaking
- Writing
How to get there
Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree
Also called
- Engineer
- Industrial Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Continuous Improvement Engineer
- Facilities Engineer
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