Career Details

Industrial Engineers
Devise efficient ways to use workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.

Overview

Devise efficient ways to use workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.

What you'll do

  • Review production schedules, engineering specifications, process flows, and other information to understand methods and activities in manufacturing and services
  • Figure out how to manufacture parts or products, or deliver services, with maximum efficiency
  • Develop management control systems to make financial planning and cost analysis more efficient
  • Design control systems to coordinate activities and production planning to ensure that products meet quality standards

Abilities you'll need

Attention SpanCategorizationComprehensionDependabilityGood CommunicationsMathematical ReasoningMulti-TaskingOriginalityProblem RecognitionProblem SolvingReasoning

Knowledge you'll gain

Administration and ManagementComputers and ElectronicsCustomer ServiceDesignEducation and TrainingEngineering and TechnologyMathematicsProduction and Processing

Skills

CommunicationCritical ThinkingDependabilityMath SkillsMonitoringProblem SolvingSystems EvaluationTeamworkTime Management

Technology

C++Computer Aided Design (CAD) SoftwareComputer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) SoftwareComputersElectrical SystemsHydraulicsLinuxMicrosoft Office Software