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