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Job Description
Design, integrate, or improve manufacturing systems or related processes. May work with commercial or industrial designers to refine product designs to increase producibility and decrease costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2199.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Manufacturing Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Process Engineer
- Plant Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Manufacturing Director
- Facility Engineer
- Process Manufacturing Engineer
- Methods Engineer
- Manufacturing Systems Engineer
- Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineering Manager
- Manufacturing Applications Engineer
- Lean Manufacturing Engineer
- Foundry Process Engineer
- Engineer, Process
- Engineer, Methods
- Engineer, Foundry Process
- Continuous Improvement Manager
- Automation Engineer
- Applications Engineer, Manufacturing
Tasks for “Manufacturing Engineering Manager”
- Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
- Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
- Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, participate in educational programs, attend meetings, attend workshops, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the manufacturing field.
- Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
- Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
- Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
- Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
- Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
- Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations.
- Determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.
- Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
- Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.
- Develop sustainable manufacturing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize raw material use, replace toxic materials with non-toxic materials, replace non-renewable materials with renewable materials, or reduce waste.
- Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
- Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
- Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
- Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
- Evaluate current or proposed manufacturing processes or practices for environmental sustainability, considering factors such as greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, water pollution, energy use, or waste creation.
- Design testing methods and test finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital calipers
- Digital micrometers
- Laptop computers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Scientific calculators
- Programmable logic controller PLC software
- Desktop computers
- Personal computers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- CNC Mastercam
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Microsoft Office
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Microsoft Excel
- Geometric CAMWorks
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- C
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- Microsoft Outlook
- SAP
- Microsoft Word
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- Minitab
- Microsoft Visio
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Access
- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
- Product lifecycle management PLM software