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Job Description
Assist industrial engineers in such activities as quality control, inventory control, or material flow methods. May conduct statistical studies or analyze production costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.05
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Industrial Engineering Technologists”.
Also Known As…
- Industrial Engineering Technologists
- Senior Quality Methods Specialist
- Quality Tech
- Quality Management Coordinator
- Production Control Supervisor
- Materials Planner/Production Planner
- Manager, Asset Management
- Liaison Engineer
- Head of Operation and Logistics
- Associate Product Integrity Engineer
- Traffic Rate Analyst
- Time Study Analyst
- Time Motion Analyst
- Senior Quality Engineer
- Senior Product Integrity Engineer
- Senior Engineering Specialist
- Reliability Engineer
- Real Time Analyst
- Quality Engineer
- Quality Controller
- Quality Control Specialist
- Quality Control Expert
- Quality Control Director
- Quality Control Analyst
- Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst)
- QA Manager
- Project Leader
- Productivity Engineer
- Production Planner
- Production Expert
- Production Control Planner
- Production Control Expert
- Production Control Analyst
- Production Analyst
- Process Safety Engineering Technologist
- Process Documentation and Methods Analyst
- PPAP Coordinator
- Planner/Scheduler
- Motion Study Analyst
- Methods Time Analyst
- Materials Planner
- Material Scheduler
- Manufacturing Specialist
- Manager, Operations and Procurement
- Lean Six Sigma Senior Specialist
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Industrial Technologist
- Industrial Methods Consultant
- Industrial Engineering Technologist
- Industrial Engineering Analyst
- Engineering Technologist
- Efficiency Expert
- Efficiency Analyst
- Assistant Manager Quality Management
- Advanced Manufacturing Consultant
- Advanced Diagnostics Engineering Specialist
- Advanced Computer Aided Design Specialist (Advanced CAD Specialist)
Tasks for “Planner/Scheduler”
- Prepare layouts of machinery or equipment, using drafting equipment or computer-aided design (CAD) software.
- Create computer applications for manufacturing processes or operations, using computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM) tools.
- Supervise production workers.
- Collect and analyze data related to quality or industrial health and safety programs.
- Develop computerized diagnostic tools to integrate measurements in real time and reduce production downtime.
- Conduct statistical studies to analyze or compare production costs for sustainable and nonsustainable designs.
- Modify equipment or processes to improve resource or cost efficiency.
- Oversee or inspect production processes.
- Interpret engineering drawings, sketches, or diagrams.
- Prepare reports regarding inventories of raw materials or finished products.
- Analyze, estimate, or report production costs.
- Design plant or production facility layouts.
- Integrate high-speed loops and advanced control algorithms with graphical system designs to improve the efficiency of production operations.
- Plan the flow of work or materials to maximize efficiency.
- Prepare schedules for equipment use or routine maintenance.
- Conduct time and motion studies to identify opportunities to improve worker efficiency.
- Compile operational data to develop cost or time estimates, schedules, or specifications.
- Analyze material flows or supply chains to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and conserve energy.
- Request equipment upgrades or purchases.
- Develop or conduct quality control tests to ensure consistent production quality.
- Analyze operational, production, economic, or other data, using statistical procedures.
- Develop or implement programs to address problems related to production, materials, safety, or quality.
- Monitor and control inventory.
Related Technology & Tools
- Manual hardness testers
- Viscosity meters
- Laser scanners
- Lathes
- Personal computers
- Dynamic actuators
- Impact testers
- Belt conveyors
- Milling machines
- Air conditioning units
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Portable air compressors
- Heat exchangers
- Signal generators
- Vacuum pumps
- Universal testing machines
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Air heaters
- Melting point apparatus
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Plotters
- Three-dimensional prototyping printer
- Bench grinders
- Horizontal milling machines
- Digital hardness testers
- Steam boilers
- Vacuum gauges
- Function generators
- Plastic injection molding machines
- Surface grinding machines
- Desktop computers
- Oscilloscopes
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Plant design management system PDMS
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- Autodesk Inventor
- Microsoft Outlook
- Infinity QS ProFicient
- Minitab
- Cimatron
- SPSS
- Stat-Ease Design-Expert
- Materials requirement planning MRP software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Rockwell Automation Arena
- Email software
- C
- UNIX
- Advanced Dimensional Management 3D-GD&T
- Microsoft Word
- TurboCAD IMSI
- IBM CATIA
- Kubotek CADKEY Wireframe
- Database software
- SAP
- Microsoft Excel
- Inlet Technologies Semaphore
- Computerized numerical control CNC software
- Presentation software
- Word processing software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Statistical process control SPC software
- Web browser software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Three-dimensional modeling software
- Graphics editing software
- Bentley Microstation
- Planit Alphacam
- CNC Mastercam
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Office
- Delcam PowerMILL
- C++
- Three-dimensional parametric design software
- Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code BASIC
- Management information systems MIS
- Rapid prototyping software
- The MathWorks Simulink
- Siemens PLM Software Solid Edge
- Production planning software
- Tebis Base
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Desktop publishing software
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Windows
- Vectorworks Machine Design