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