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