Career Details
Industrial Engineering Technicians
Help industrial engineers implement designs to effectively use personnel, materials, and machines in factories, repair shops, and offices. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.
Overview
Help industrial engineers implement designs to effectively use personnel, materials, and machines in factories, repair shops, and offices. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.
What you'll do
- Suggest revisions for methods of operation, material handling, or equipment layout
- Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, and formulas
- Recommend changes to production standards for achieving the best quality within the limits of equipment capacity
- Help plan work assignments, taking into account workers’ performance, machine capacity, and production schedules
- Prepare charts, graphs, and diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing, floor layouts, how materials are handled and how machines are used
- Collect data to assist in process improvement activities