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Careers in Manufacturing Engineering

The professional responsibilities of manufacturing graduates may range from solving specific process problems to deciding where to build a new factory (and how to equip and staff it).  Manufacturing Engineering Technology encompasses the research, planning, design and implementation of production facilities, machine tools, people and systems for the manufacture of discrete products of specified quality with a minimum expenditure of time, labor and materials.

Technology is the link between science and people, and manufacturing engineering technologists are leaders in technology and managers of innovation.

Some specific duties of new graduates:

• Solve practical problems in manufacturing
• Design tools and fixtures used with manufacturing processes.
• Manage people and money in projects and processes
• Write procedures for fabrication and assembly operations.
• Improve the quality and efficiency of an existing production line.
• Serve on a team to develop a new product, providing expertise on manufacturing questions, planning manufacturing operations and estimating production costs.