Specialists who have received a higher engineering, economic or technical education are experiencing more and more difficulties with employment. At the same time, the labor market is replete with offers for popular technical specialties, which are not popular with engineers. Pre-production refers to similar areas that need more attention from applicants.
Prospects and Remuneration
An engineer for the preparation of production is a promising position that requires great personal responsibility, attentiveness and impeccable professional skills.
High requirements are compensated by decent working conditions, career prospects and stable wages: even a novice specialist can count on 20,000-45,000 rubles a month.
What does a pre-production engineer do?
Responsible work involves a long list of job responsibilities. The effectiveness of the measures developed by him depends on how well a professional understands the specifics of each stage of the work cycle.
The lead production preparation engineer manages the following segments of the workflow organization:
- Timely provision of machinery, equipment, components in sufficient quantities. The specialist calculates the amount of materials, sends the documentation with the data for the bulk purchase, monitors the remaining number of tools and replaces the technical units in case of their premature failure.
- Development and implementation of labor standards. The engineer of the production preparation department prepares the best options for solving production problems; introduces standards to improve production efficiency.
- Compliance with industry standards. The specialist is responsible for the timely implementation of the calculated standards. Not only minimum standards are taken into account, but also prepared schedules of calendar advances.
- Development of the most efficient loading cycles of production equipment. Both performance indicators and the natural parameters of machine wear are taken into account. The responsibility of the lead engineer is to calculate the cycles that will allow you to get the maximum without premature wear of the equipment.
Secondary tasks of the post
For an engineer preparing a production, the job description is to list the factors of responsibility that a specialist should control at the initial stages of the production program. The main responsibilities also include:
- Analysis of labor activity of subordinate workshops and labor plots. Optimization of production cycles, reduction of living and mechanical labor spent on production.
- Search and activation of production reserves. Identification of labor opportunities and capacities not involved in the main production cycle.
- Communication leadership with workers. Organization of a smooth, rhythmic labor process with maximum impact, without delays and delays. Prevention of irregularities of any kind, creating the environment and conditions for an efficient production cycle.
- Reporting. Reporting on the effectiveness of the team, the use of equipment, the results of the introduction of changes in the production cycle. Since the reports of the engineer for the preparation of production feature large amounts of data, computer tools and special software are often used for reporting. The report form is set by management.
The specialist involved in the preparation of production affects the effectiveness of all production activities in the organization.
The production preparation engineer has a variety of responsibilities, but such work offers more opportunities for personal and career growth.
Qualification requirements for an engineer of category I
The position requires highly specialized training. Only applicants who meet the following requirements should submit a resume for the specialty:
- Higher professional education: engineer-economist.
- Alternative option: higher vocational technical education.
- Work experience: engineer for the preparation of production of the 2nd category, from 3 years.
High competition prevents a quick job search for this profile. The most effective method is the “vertical elevator”: upgrading from category II without changing the employing company.
Qualification requirements for an engineer of category II
Entrance to the profession is open to specialists with specialized education and professional experience of at least 3 years. An applicant counting on category II must meet the following requirements:
- Higher professional education: engineer-economist.
- Alternative option: higher vocational technical education.
- Work experience: engineer for production preparation, from 3 years.
- Alternative work experience: related engineering and technical positions for specialists with higher technical (engineering and economic) education, from 3 years.
If you have experience in senior positions requiring appropriate qualifications, then you have the right to apply for category II.
Qualification requirements
A specialist applying for an engineer without a category is not required to meet the same stringent requirements for seniority. For engineers preparing the production of ETKS, two options are proposed for the applicant.
Requirements for persons with higher professional education:
- Higher technical education.
- Higher engineering and economic education.
- Work experience: not required. University graduates with no work experience are accepted.
Requirements for persons with secondary vocational education:
- Secondary technical education.
- Secondary engineering and economic education.
- Work experience: technician of the 1st category, from 3 years.
- Alternative experience: work in the specialty, from 5 years.
What a specialist must know
The engineer’s instruction for the preparation of production contains all the basic information in which the specialist should be free to navigate.
The list of materials required for study and development includes:
- Methodological instructions and regulatory materials that prioritize production planning.
- Reference materials on the organization of the working cycle.
- Decisions and orders of the leadership affecting the duration and standards of the production cycle.
- Priority preparation of new programs and production cycles.
- The sequence of tasks for daily shifts.
- Predicted and real production capacities of equipment.
- Full details of the manufactured products: nomenclature, variations, production specifics.
- Full information on production work or services provided by enterprises.
- Basic information about the technology of manufacturing products and the mechanics of the production cycle.
- Working relations between workshops and production sites of various specializations, understanding the dynamics of labor relations in the production process.
Also in the field of mandatory knowledge of the engineer for the preparation of production includes the development of tools for organizing warning systems, dispatching services and communication devices. Uninterrupted communications ensure timely execution of the production cycle.
General knowledge required by a specialist
The position allows you to use the skills and knowledge acquired in the learning process in a higher educational institution. To achieve success in optimizing production, the engineer must be free to navigate the following disciplines:
- Fundamentals of the organization of labor processes.
- Fundamentals of Management.
- Fundamentals of Economics.
- Fundamentals of the labor legislation of the Russian Federation.
A specialist has to daily combine theoretical knowledge in various fields of economics and management in order to achieve the best result on existing equipment with the current team. A detailed knowledge of established labor standards and labor protection rules is also required: production should be organized in accordance with the letter of the law.
Benefits of the profession
This specialty is suitable for people who are passionate about job optimization. An engineer preparing the production determines whether the production capabilities are used to the maximum. This is a position in which there is no time to be bored. Strong specialists receive stable bonuses, become authoritative professionals for leadership.
The speed of professional growth is directly related to personal initiative. The specialist independently develops proposals for improving the production cycle and sends them for discussion.
You can get a job in a specialty without specialized work experience, which makes the position attractive for graduates of specialized universities. It takes only 6 years to get category I.