Role of Production Engineer in Manufacturing Industry

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Role of Production Engineer
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1ROLE OF PRODUCTION ENGINEER
Introduction
Production is the process by which resources are used by a company to imitate an output
of a product. Engineering on the other hand is the science of creating things; there a production
engineer is a person who understands manufacturing management as well as engineering science.
The role of a production engineer changes form industry to industry depending upon the product
that the organization manufactures, for example, the role of a production manager will be
different form an oil and gas company than a machine manufacturing organisation (Hitomi
2017).
Role and responsibilities of PE
A production engineer is responsible for the science that goes behind the manufacturing process
Planning, scheduling and organizing the process of production are also the job responsibility of a
production engineer (Hitomi 2017).
Monitoring and checking the process of manufacturing setting the objectives as the yardstick is
the duty of the production engineer
Any kind of issues and problems that arise in the process of production is handled by the
production engineer; he or she is also responsible to ensure that the management is aware of the
updated technology that can be used in the process as well (El-Akruti et al. 2013).
The job role also includes budgeting, as it is one of the most important aspects of any project in a
business set up (Morse et al. 2014).