Manufacturing Engineers
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.
What is this job like?
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes or products or to reduce costs, using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.
- 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.
- Incorporate new manufacturing methods or processes to improve existing operations.
- Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
- Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
- 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, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
- Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
- Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes or products or to reduce costs, using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.
- Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
- Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
- Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures.
- Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
- Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- Design tests of finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
- Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
- Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures.
- Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
- Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
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