What would you do as a Manufacturing engineer?
Manufacturing engineers
- usually work regular business hours but may work evenings and weekends
- usually work in offices, workshops, factories and manufacturing sites
- may work in noisy and dirty conditions
- need to be accurate, safety conscious and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- design and develop manufacturing equipment and systems
- improve processes and systems
- find and fix operational problems
- improve equipment efficiency
- write and record technical information
- draw equipment plans and designs
- write detailed reports
- give technical expertise and advice
How can you become a Manufacturing engineer?
You need a qualification and experience to become a manufacturing engineer.
You need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in manufacturing, engineering and technology or similar area OR a New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) (Level 4)
- experience as a manufacturing, production or process engineer
You may need
- project management experience
- to be a member of a professional organisation like Engineering New Zealand
- to be registered as a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineering New Zealand
If you're in school
You need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
