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Manufacturing

21321 – Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers

Median hourly wage:

$47.06/hr

What you do:

Industrial and manufacturing engineers conduct studies, and develop and supervise programs to achieve the best use of equipment, human resources, technology, materials and procedures to enhance efficiency and productivity. They are employed in consulting firms, manufacturing and processing companies, in government, financial, health care and other institutions, or they may be self-employed.

Main job duties:

Plan and design plant layouts and facilities

Study new machinery and facilities and recommend or select efficient combinations

Develop flexible or integrated manufacturing systems and procedures

Conduct studies and implement programs to determine optimum inventory levels for production and to allow optimum utilization of machinery, materials and resources

Analyze costs of production

Design, develop and conduct time studies and work simplification programs

Determine human resource and skill requirements and develop training programs

Develop performance standards, evaluation systems and wage and incentive programs

Conduct studies of reliability and performance of plant facilities, production or administrative systems

Develop maintenance standards, schedules and programs

Establish programs and conduct studies to enhance industrial health and safety or to identify and correct fire and other hazards

Evaluate or assess industrial facilities

Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff and other engineers.

Skills:

Job title examples:

Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) engineer
Industrial engineer
Manufacturing engineer
Plant engineer
Production engineer
Quality control engineer
Safety engineer
Work measurement engineer

Hourly wages:

$27.42 low

$47.06 median

$70.53 high

Education & Training:

A bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or in a related engineering discipline is required.

A master’s degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.

Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).

Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.