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