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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2112.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 88,530.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 42.00
- Currently, there are 256,550 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Industrial Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Industrial Engineers
- Tool Engineer
- Supply Chain Engineer
- Production Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Plant Engineer
- Operations Engineer
- Manufacturing Specialist
- Industrial Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Engineer
- Vendor Quality Supervisor
- Traffic Rate Analyst
- Tool Planner
- Tool Design Engineer
- Time Study Engineer
- Test Inspection Engineer
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Standards Engineer
- Shoe Lay-Out Planner
- Salvage Engineer
- Quality Engineer
- Quality Controller
- Quality Control Specialist
- Quality Control Manager
- Quality Control Industrial Engineer
- Quality Control Expert
- Quality Control Engineer
- Quality Control Director
- Quality Control Analyst
- Quality Assurance Technician
- Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager)
- Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer)
- Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst)
- Production Tool Engineer
- Production Planner
- Production Manager
- Production Expert
- Production Engineering Tooling Coordinator
- Production Control Planner
- Production Control Expert
- Packaging Engineer
- Metrologist
- Methods Time Analyst
- Methods Engineer
- Metallurgical and Quality Control Testing Supervisor
- Materials Planner
- Material Scheduler
- Manufacturing Planner
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Logistical Engineer
- Liaison Engineer
- Inventory Analyst
- Industrial Methods Consultant
- Field Engineer
- Factory Lay-Out Engineer
- Factory Lay Out Engineer
- Factory Engineer
- Equipment Inspector
- Environmental Systems Coordinator
- Engineering Inspector
- Efficiency Expert
- Efficiency Engineer
- Efficiency Analyst
- Documentation Engineer
- District Plant Engineer
- Configuration Manager
- Configuration Management Analyst
- Automation Engineer
Tasks for “Factory Expert”
- Recommend methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities.
- Develop manufacturing methods, labor utilization standards, and cost analysis systems to promote efficient staff and facility utilization.
- Study operations sequence, material flow, functional statements, organization charts, and project information to determine worker functions and responsibilities.
- Regulate and alter workflow schedules according to established manufacturing sequences and lead times to expedite production operations.
- Plan and establish sequence of operations to fabricate and assemble parts or products and to promote efficient utilization.
- Evaluate precision and accuracy of production and testing equipment and engineering drawings to formulate corrective action plan.
- Draft and design layout of equipment, materials, and workspace to illustrate maximum efficiency using drafting tools and computer.
- Apply statistical methods and perform mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, staff requirements, and production standards.
- Coordinate and implement quality control objectives, activities, or procedures to resolve production problems, maximize product reliability, or minimize costs.
- Formulate sampling procedures and designs and develop forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
- Confer with clients, vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, or project status.
- Estimate production costs, cost saving methods, and the effects of product design changes on expenditures for management review, action, and control.
- Record or oversee recording of information to ensure currency of engineering drawings and documentation of production problems.
- Review production schedules, engineering specifications, orders, and related information to obtain knowledge of manufacturing methods, procedures, and activities.
- Implement methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and defective or damaged parts, and assess cost and responsibility.
- Complete production reports, purchase orders, and material, tool, and equipment lists.
- Direct workers engaged in product measurement, inspection, and testing activities to ensure quality control and reliability.
- Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and establish quality and reliability objectives of finished product.
- Communicate with management and user personnel to develop production and design standards.
- Schedule deliveries based on production forecasts, material substitutions, storage and handling facilities, and maintenance requirements.
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- Torsion meters
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Hardness testers
- Tensile testers
- Microcontrollers
- Audio equalizers
- Reverberant auditory test chambers
- Sound level calibrators
- Anechoic auditory test chambers
- Heated environmental chambers
- Multimeters
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Laser printers
- Pulsed width modulation PWM drives
- Oxygen uptake measurement devices
- Camera controllers
- Environmental ovens
- Recording microphones
- Programmable logic controller PLC controlled turntables
- Digital cameras
- Noise dosimeters
- Pressure transducers
- Audio amplifiers
- Motion control systems
- Potentiometers
- Hydraulic power units
- Force plates
- Inverted metallurgical microscopes
- Audiometers
- Octave band analyzers
- Sound level meters
- Vibration tables
- Electrogoniometers
- Time delay relay panel boxes
- Hydraulic presses
- Heart rate monitors
- Thermocouples
- Personal computers
- Signal generators
- Load cells
- Electrophysics infrared cameras
- Computer servers
- Variable frequency drives VFD
- Fast Fourier transform FFT spectrum analyzers
- Audio tape recorders
- Optical benches
- Photometers
- Anthropometers
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- Statgraphics
- IBM Notes
- Supply chain capacity planning software
- Modular arrangement of predetermined time standards software MODAPTS
- Minitab
- UGS Solid Edge
- Yield management systems
- Allen Bradley PanelView
- Inventory management software
- Assembly line balancing software
- Production flow analysis software
- Logic programming software
- Decision support software
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- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft Visual Basic
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- Discrete event simulation software
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- ECHIP
- ProModel
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
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- Manhattan Associates PkMS Pickticket
- Windward Technologies GRG2
- Statistical software
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- Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search MINOS software
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- A mathematical programming language AMPL
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- Task analysis software
- Oracle Retek
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- ETA Dynaform
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- Dataxiom StatMost
- NeuralWare
- Maplesoft Maple
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- MAYA I-DEAS
- MAGMA MAGMASOFT
- Workcell simulation software
- 3D Static Strength Prediction Program 3DSSPP
- Personnel scheduling software
- Microsoft Word
- Bentley MicroStation
- International TechneGroup IGESworks
- Production scheduling and planning software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Warehouse management system WMS
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Access
- Time and motion analysis software
- Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
- Microsoft Excel
- User interface design software
- Microsoft Project
- Rockwell RSLogix
- UGS Jack
- Linux
- SAS
- Facilities planning software
- C++
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Sun Microsystems Java
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- SAP
- Three-dimensional simulation translation software
- Neural network modeling software
- Automatic dynamic incremental nonlinear analysis ADINA
- Microsoft Office
- PMC KanbanSIM
- Numerical control software
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Quality control software
- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
- Python
- Design of experiments DOE software
- Finite element method FEM software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Human modeling software
- ILOG CPLEX
- Structured query language SQL