Hey everyone! It's me Shouq. This is a project for an elective class called Career Planning Bus 300 which I took in Summer 2018 in the American University of the Middle East (AUM) in Kuwait.
Abstract
The objective of this report
is to explore the career of an industrial engineering graduate. In this report,
an introduction will be mentioned first which includes the definition of career
exploration, and industrial engineering major as well as industrial engineer.
After that, the available career options for a graduate industrial engineer as
well as the job description of the available jobs.
Keywords: Career.
Exploration, industrial, engineering, career, job, available.
Introduction
In order to be
able to plan our career and know the best jobs for us, there are several steps
to be done. The first step of career planning is self-assessment which was
addressed n a separate report. And the second step of career planning is career
exploration. Career exploration means finding the available career options as
well as finding all the needed information about each of these occupation
options to decide on the best one of them all which can be chosen to determine
a person’s career path for now on (McKay, 2017).
To know what
industrial engineering is about we can say that industrial engineering is the
result of several business and engineering majors combined together as
industrial engineering students get to things about topics related to
accounting, mechanisms, dynamics, thermodynamics, production, manufacturing,
quality control, business, human resources as well as several programming
languages. Industrial engineers are considered to be the connection link
between all engineering from several majors as well as being able to connect
with workers from many other fields. As a result, this all gives an industrial
engineering graduate the chance and the opportunities to work in many several
fields and in different industries with a varied job description.
Careers
As we mentioned earlier, industrial
engineering graduate can work in a great variety of jobs. Some of the jobs and
careers that an industrial engineering graduate work at are
1. Being
a manufacturing engineer
An industrial engineering graduate
can work under the job title of a manufacturing engineer. A manufacturing
engineering has to be well informed about the properties of the material he is
working with. Also, he / she has to know the manufacturing processes of the
materials as well as the different types of manufacturing p5rocesses that are
out there., Also, a manufacturing engineer has to know how to evaluate what
material should a product be made of based on mechanical, economical, and other
types of tests and analysis. A manufacturing engineer has a lot of job
responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities and duties include
·
Improving the
manufacturing processes of a specific product("Manufacturing
Engineer Sample Job Description | Monster.com", 2017).
·
Developing the
efficiency of the manufacturing processes of the manufactured product ("Manufacturing Engineer Sample Job Description |
Monster.com", 2017).
·
Making a
database regarding all the products manufactured as well as their manufacturing
processes("Manufacturing Engineer Sample Job
Description | Monster.com", 2017).
·
Assisting and helping
new technics by teaching and guiding them to know which jobs need to be done ("Manufacturing Engineer Sample Job Description |
Monster.com", 2017).
·
Making
sure that the products have good quality as well the manufacturing processes of
these products ("Manufacturing Engineer Sample Job
Description | Monster.com", 2017).
There are many jobs that an industrial
engineer graduate who want to work on the manufacturing field. Some of these
jobs include being a
- Manufacturing classes professor
at a university
- Consultant in an institute or a
firm
- Supervisor at factories
2. Being
an ergonomist
An
industrial engineering graduate can work under the job title of an ergonomist. In
general, ergonomics is an applied science concerned with designing and
arranging that things that people use so that they interact more efficiently
and safely in the workplace or outside it. Sometime anErgonomist can be called
it is called biotechnologist which is essentially the same thing. Also, he /
she can be called a human engineer as well as a human factors engineer ("Definition
of ERGONOMICS", 2014). To sum it up, ergonomics is a science that deals with the application of information on
physical and psychological characteristics to the design of devices and systems
for human use.
An
ergonomist has to make sure that the equipment used or may be used in the
workplace or outside are able to provide the best level of comfort while being
efficient and safe ("Ergonomist: job
description", 2015).
The same thing is applied to facilities and institutes as well as the systems
that are designed. Also, an ergonomist has other works to do. Some of these
objectives are
·
Evaluating the interaction that is happening between
people and the machines("Ergonomist:
job description", 2015).
·
Doing risk analysis and assessment in the place where
people work ("Ergonomist: job
description", 2015).
·
Making sure that the designed products match a customer’s
rudiments ("Ergonomist: job
description", 2015).
Some
of the job opportunity for an ergonomist are
- Ergonomics
teacher.
- Ergonomics
consultant.
- Safety
employee in manufacturing companies.
- Supervisor.
3.
Being a
safety engineer
An industrial engineering graduate can work
under the job title of a safety engineer. As a safetyengineer, the industrial engineering
graduate has to measure and enterprise systems to prevent people from getting
ill or hurt at the workplace while doing their regular job. Safety engineer has
make sure that the chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and consumer products will not cause harm
to people or to the workplace where these people are working at("Health and Safety Engineer Career Profile |
Job Description, Salary, and Growth | Truity", 2015). Some of the duties that a safety engineer has
include
·
Analyzing
plans and specifications for new machinery and equipment to make sure they meet
safety requirements ("Health and Safety Engineer Career Profile | Job Description,
Salary, and Growth | Truity", 2015).
·
Classifying
all possible threats by inspecting services and equipment ("Health and
Safety Engineer Career Profile | Job Description, Salary, and Growth |
Truity", 2015).
·
Examining
industrial accidents, damages, or job-related illnesses to control their
sources and to regulate whether the occasions could have been or can be barred ("Health and
Safety Engineer Career Profile | Job Description, Salary, and Growth |
Truity", 2015).
·
Consulting
owners to study about work surroundings and events that lead to coincidences ("Health and
Safety Engineer Career Profile | Job Description, Salary, and Growth |
Truity", 2015).
Safety
engineer get to work in two related arenas which are the industrial hygiene and
the occupational hygiene as well. They can work on companies or factories. Some
of the jobs that a safety engineer does may have a more specific job titles.
Some of these job titles are
·
Aerospace safety engineers
·
Fire prevention and protection
engineers
·
Product safety engineers
·
Systems safety engineers.
5.
Being a
quality engineering
An industrial engineering graduate can work
under the job title of a quality engineer.A quality engineer displays the
quality of all manufactured goods in many areas. He / shetry to not only find defects,
but also to look and try to find the reason behind of these defects that occur
in a product. Some of the duties that a quality engineer has are
·
Monitoring,
testing and inspecting products to make sure they meet specified standards ("Quality
Engineer Job Description, Duties and Career Outlook", 2016).
·
Regulating
the expired duration of a product and until when it can and will last ("Quality
Engineer Job Description, Duties and Career Outlook", 2016).
A quality
engineer can work in many places from factories to companies and laboratories
as well. Some
of the jobs that a quality engineer does may have a more specific job titles.
Some of these job titles are
·
Materials quality engineerswhere they have to identify the invention
sizes ("Quality Engineer Job Description, Duties
and Career Outlook", 2016).
·
Mechanical quality engineerswhere they have to see, measure, and analyze
the heights of liquids and gasses ("Quality
Engineer Job Description, Duties and Career Outlook", 2016).
·
Electrical quality engineerswhere they have tosee and analyze the flow of
electricity and ensure the proper action of equipment and machinery ("Quality Engineer Job Description, Duties and Career
Outlook", 2016).
4.
Working on insurance field
There
are many subjects in this major that are related to theinsurance sector. Some
of the classes that an industrial engineering graduate had to take are related
to economy, investments, matrices, probabilities, statistics, and communication
as well. Moreover, it discusses about loan, governmental payments and all the
financial aspects regarding that. As a result, this allows industrial
engineering graduates to apply for a job in the insurance sector. Some of these
jobs include being a
- Consultant
- Supervisor
Conclusion
To sum up everything, in this
report we talked about job exploration as well as an engineering major called
industrial engineering. We also talked about the possible job opportunities for
an industrial engineering graduate. The information that we provided was mainly
based on our perspective and tendencies as a future engineers as well as the
assistance of job haunting websites. There are many careers opportunities that
we explained that an industrial engineering graduate can work at. Some of the
possible job opportunities are related to manufacturing, ergonomics, safety,
and insurance as well as quality control.
References
McKay, D. (2017). Learn How to Explore Your
Career Options. Retrieved from
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/career-exploration-525632
Health and Safety Engineer Career Profile | Job
Description, Salary, and Growth | Truity. (2015). Retrieved from
https://www.truity.com/career-profile/health-and-safety-engineer
Ergonomist: job description. (2015). Retrieved
from
https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/job-descriptions/279475-ergonomist-job-description
Quality Engineer Job Description, Duties and Career
Outlook. (2016). Retrieved from https://study.com/quality_engineer.html
Definition of ERGONOMICS. (2014). Retrieved
from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ergonomics
Manufacturing
Engineer Sample Job Description | Monster.com. (2017). Retrieved from
https://hiring.monster.com/hr/hr-best-practices/recruiting-hiring-advice/job-descriptions/manufacturing-engineer-job-description-sample.aspx
The students who worked in this project are
- Shouq Alansari
- Hessah Salman
- Fajer Jeragh
Knowing that all students in the group have worked ''enough'', but not all students have put equal amount of efforts while working on this project. Some students worked harder than others, and it is normal when it comes to working on groups.