Manufacturing Engineers

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

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Manufacturing Engineers.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Technology Design - Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Manufacturing Engineers.