Will “Plant Equipment Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.1% Chance of Automation

“Plant Equipment Engineer” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #53 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2141.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 89,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 43.00
Currently, there are 285,790 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mechanical Engineers”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Plant Equipment Engineer”

Study industrial processes to maximize the efficiency of equipment applications, including equipment placement.
Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design, performance specifications, or environmental regulations.
Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products, using drafting tools or computer-assisted drafting equipment or software.
Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, or repair to ensure that machines or equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
Design test control apparatus or equipment or develop procedures for testing products.
Recommend the use of utility or energy services that minimize carbon footprints.
Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.
Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
Establish or coordinate the maintenance or safety procedures, service schedule, or supply of materials required to maintain machines or equipment in the prescribed condition.
Direct the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of renewable energy equipment, such as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) or water systems.
Perform personnel functions, such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists, or other engineers.
Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes to meet requirements.
Apply engineering principles or practices to emerging fields, such as robotics, waste management, or biomedical engineering.
Evaluate mechanical designs or prototypes for energy performance or environmental impact.
Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.
Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
Develop, coordinate, or monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, or operation of product designs.
Provide technical customer service.
Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, such as mechanical cooling systems with natural ventilation systems, to improve energy efficiency.
Solicit new business.
Calculate energy losses for buildings, using equipment such as computers, combustion analyzers, or pressure gauges.
Estimate costs or submit bids for engineering, construction, or extraction projects.
Develop or test models of alternate designs or processing methods to assess feasibility, sustainability, operating condition effects, potential new applications, or necessity of modification.
Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, or other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, or maintenance requirements of designs or applications.

Related Technology & Tools

X ray tubes
Multi-pen plotters
Aligners
Programmable logic controllers PLC
Interferometers
Infrared thermography cameras
Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE
Optical laser scanners
Subsonic wind tunnels
Projection lithography equipment
Laser digitizers
X ray radiographic systems
Environmental testing chambers
Precision positioning tables
Torsional converters
Video editing equipment
Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
Photoelastic testing machines
Vibration isolators
Stylus profilometers
Steppers
Personal computers
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment
Vapor deposition tube furnaces
Acoustic emission AE sensors
Spectrum analyzers
Plasma etchers
Laser Doppler anemometers
Rapid thermal processing systems
Oscilloscopes
Optical sensors
Torque transducers
Computed tomography CT systems
Wafer bonding systems
Wire bonders
Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
Accelerometers
Dynamic strain indicators
Radio frequency sensors
Cryogenic apparatus
Sputtering systems
Pitot tubes
Analog to digital converters
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Supersonic wind tunnels
Vibration control systems
Dynamometers
Wire electrical discharge machines
Position transducers
Surface profilometers
Strain gauges
Nano indentation systems
Pattern generators
Heat exchangers
Spin-coaters
Wafer dicing saws
Anodic wafer bonding systems
Velocity transducers
Interferometric microscopes
Digital to analog converters
Evaporation systems
Fluorescence spectrometers
Multimeters
Scanning probe microscopes SPM
Ellipsometers
Vibration testers
Air compressors
Digital particle image velocimeters
Flip-chip wafer bonding systems
Function generators
Contact lithography equipment
Force transducers
Servohydraulic material testing machines
Contact testers

Life cycle cost software
Minitab
Data acquisition software
The MathWorks MATLAB
Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
SAP
ANSYS
MUMPS M
Microsoft Office
Motion analysis software
Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign
PTC Creo Parametric
Statistical software
1CadCam Unigraphics
Microsoft Visual Basic
Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
ESRI ArcGIS software
C++
Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
InnovMetric PolyWorks
Finite element method FEM software
Microsoft Access
Reverse engineering software
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
Lambda Research OSLO
COSMOSWorks
Ladder Logic
ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
Rapid prototyping software
G-code
Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
MAYA Nastran
Bentley MicroStation
Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Bill of materials software
Grid generation software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Reliability analysis software
C
Statistical energy analysis SEA software
Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
Modal analysis software
Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
Verilog
Microsoft Word
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Design of experiments DOE software
ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
Dassault Systemes CATIA
UGS I-DEAS
Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
Metrix Imageware Surfacer
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Excel
Human machine interface HMI software
Autodesk AutoCAD
ReliaSoft BlockSim
Accelerated life testing software
Computer numerical control CNC software
Zemax
Video analysis software
Optical analysis software
Mesh generation software
Autodesk Revit
Microsoft Visio
IBM Notes
Cost estimation software
Failure assessment software
National Instruments LabVIEW
Rockwell Automation
Mathsoft Mathcad