Manufacturing Engineers

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Apply continuous improvement methods, such as lean manufacturing, to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
• Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
• Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
• Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
• Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
• Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
• Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
• Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
• Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
• Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
• Read current literature, talk with colleagues, participate in educational programs, attend meetings or workshops, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the manufacturing field.
• Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
• Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
• Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Incorporate new manufacturing methods or processes to improve existing operations.
• Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures.
• Design tests of finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

• Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.

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