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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and establish quality and reliability objectives of finished product. | ||||
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Develop manufacturing methods, labor utilization standards, and cost analysis systems to promote efficient staff and facility utilization. | ||||
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Recommend methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities. | ||||
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Plan and establish sequence of operations to fabricate and assemble parts or products and to promote efficient utilization. | ||||
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Apply statistical methods and perform mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, staff requirements, and production standards. | ||||
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Draft and design layout of equipment, materials, and workspace to illustrate maximum efficiency using drafting tools and computer. | ||||
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Review production schedules, engineering specifications, orders, and related information to obtain knowledge of manufacturing methods, procedures, and activities. | ||||
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Communicate with management and user personnel to develop production and design standards. | ||||
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Formulate sampling procedures and designs and develop forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data. | ||||
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Record or oversee recording of information to ensure currency of engineering drawings and documentation of production problems. | ||||
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Study operations sequence, material flow, functional statements, organization charts, and project information to determine worker functions and responsibilities. | ||||
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Direct workers engaged in product measurement, inspection, and testing activities to ensure quality control and reliability. | ||||
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Implement methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and defective or damaged parts, and assess cost and responsibility. | ||||
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Evaluate precision and accuracy of production and testing equipment and engineering drawings to formulate corrective action plan. | ||||
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Complete production reports, purchase orders, and material, tool, and equipment lists. | ||||
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Schedule deliveries based on production forecasts, material substitutions, storage and handling facilities, and maintenance requirements. | ||||
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Regulate and alter workflow schedules according to established manufacturing sequences and lead times to expedite production operations. | ||||
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Estimate production costs, cost saving methods, and the effects of product design changes on expenditures for management review, action, and control. | ||||
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Coordinate and implement quality control objectives, activities, or procedures to resolve production problems, maximize product reliability, or minimize costs. | ||||
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Confer with clients, vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, or project status. | ||||
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Industrial engineers determine the most effective ways to use the basic factors of productionpeople, machines, materials, information, and energyto make a product or to provide a service. They are the bridge between management goals and operational performance. They are more concerned with increasing productivity through the management of people, methods of business organization, and technology than are engineers in other specialties, who generally work more with products or processes. Although most indus trial engineers work in manufacturing industries, they may also work in consulting services, healthcare, and communications. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Industrial Engineers, Except Safety
Industrial Engineers, Except Safety
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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- Education and Experience
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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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. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Automation Engineer | |||
Configuration Management Analyst | |||
Configuration Manager | |||
District Plant Engineer | |||
Documentation Engineer | |||
Efficiency Analyst | |||
Efficiency Engineer | |||
Efficiency Expert | |||
Engineer | |||
Engineering Inspector | |||
Engineering Manager | |||
Environmental Systems Coordinator | |||
Equipment Inspector | |||
Factory Engineer | |||
Factory Expert | |||
Factory Lay Out Engineer | |||
Factory Lay-Out Engineer | |||
Field Engineer | |||
Industrial Engineer | |||
Industrial Methods Consultant | |||
Inventory Analyst | |||
Liaison Engineer | |||
Logistical Engineer | |||
Manufacturing Engineer | |||
Manufacturing Planner | |||
Manufacturing Specialist | |||
Material Scheduler | |||
Materials Planner | |||
Metallurgical and Quality Control Testing Supervisor | |||
Methods Engineer | |||
Methods Time Analyst | |||
Metrologist | |||
Operations Engineer | |||
Packaging Engineer | |||
Plant Engineer | |||
Process Engineer | |||
Production Control Expert | |||
Production Control Planner | |||
Production Engineer | |||
Production Engineering Tooling Coordinator | |||
Production Expert | |||
Production Manager | |||
Production Planner | |||
Production Tool Engineer | |||
Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst) | |||
Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer) | |||
Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager) | |||
Quality Assurance Technician | |||
Quality Control Analyst | |||
Quality Control Director | |||
Quality Control Engineer | |||
Quality Control Expert | |||
Quality Control Industrial Engineer | |||
Quality Control Manager | |||
Quality Control Specialist | |||
Quality Controller | |||
Salvage Engineer | |||
Shoe Lay-Out Planner | |||
Standards Engineer | |||
Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) | |||
Supply Chain Analyst | |||
Supply Chain Engineer | |||
Test Inspection Engineer | |||
Time Study Engineer | |||
Tool Design Engineer | |||
Tool Engineer | |||
Tool Planner | |||
Traffic Rate Analyst | |||
Vendor Quality Supervisor | |||
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