Manufacturing Process Engineers

Key Responsibilities

• Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
• Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures.
• Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
• Design tests of finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
• Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
• Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
• Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
• Evaluate current or proposed manufacturing processes or practices for environmental sustainability, considering factors such as greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, water pollution, energy use, or waste creation.
• Read current literature, talk with colleagues, participate in educational programs, attend meetings or workshops, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the manufacturing field.
• Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
• Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
• Apply continuous improvement methods, such as lean manufacturing, to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
• Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
• Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
• Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
• Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
• Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Incorporate new manufacturing methods or processes to improve existing operations.
• Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
• Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes or products or to reduce costs, using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.
• Develop sustainable manufacturing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize raw material use, replace toxic materials with non-toxic materials, replace non-renewable materials with renewable materials, or reduce waste.
• Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
• Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.