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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 Engineering Manager
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Manufacturing Director
- Facility Engineer
- Process Manufacturing Engineer
- Methods Engineer
- Manufacturing Systems Engineer
- Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Manufacturing Applications Engineer
- Lean Manufacturing Engineer
- Foundry Process Engineer
- Engineer, Process
- Engineer, Methods
- Engineer, Foundry Process
- Continuous Improvement Manager
- Applications Engineer, Manufacturing
Tasks for “Automation Engineer”
- Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
- 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.
- Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations.
- 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.
- Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
- Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
- Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
- Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
- Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.
- 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.
- Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
- Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- Determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.
- 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.
- Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
- Design testing methods and test finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
- Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
- Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
- Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
- Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital micrometers
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Programmable logic controller PLC software
- Optical compound microscopes
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Scientific calculators
- Digital calipers
- Laptop computers
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- CNC Mastercam
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft Word
- IBM Notes
- C
- Product lifecycle management PLM software
- Geometric CAMWorks
- Microsoft Access
- Minitab
- Microsoft Visio
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Office
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- SAP
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Microsoft Project
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Outlook
- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- Dassault Systemes CATIA