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Do you think of yourself as super organized? Do you think you’re good at understanding the big picture and figuring out how things could work better? If so, you might make a great industrial or systems engineer. Your job would involve organizing people, places, equipment, and information. Whether it’s shortening a roller coaster line, streamlining an operating room, distributing products worldwide, or manufacturing superior automobiles, these challenges share the common goal of improving quality and productivity.
Industrial Engineering Overview1
$88,950
Median salary
292,000
Number of jobs in 2020
14%
Expected job growth over next 10 years
Jobs and education
4-year degree:
- Reconfigure airport check-in services to shorten lines and make passengers happier.
- Organize, for a computer company, a customer service center that actually helps customers
- Redesign the lines at an amusement park to lessen the waiting times and keep visitors entertained as they wait
- Make sure that an international hotel chain offers the same services and conveniences no matter where it’s located
- Design waste-out of the manufacturing process and help achieve a waste-free world.
2-year degree:
- Organize a company’s most valuable asset – its people – from who does what, to when it happens.
- Be on the front line of helping companies save time, money, and energy as they manufacture food, phones, or clothes.
Real world engineering projects
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Industrial Engineers & A Circular Economy
A staggering 50 million tons of electronic equipment is thrown away every year. An initiative in Brazil between HP and Sinctronics is looking to reverse this trend by taking on a zero waste landfill goal. How will they achieve this? They are starting by using recycled materials in the production of new products and packaging. But they aren’t stop there.
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References:
1. US Bureau of Labor Satistics
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/biomedical-engineers.htm