Manufacturing Engineer: A Day in the Life of Hardwork

Friday Sept. 21, 2007,

I took this day to find out just what is a manufacturing engineer? If you don't know but, maybe have the desire to go into engineering well then, maybe this is the interview you have been waiting for. Come on and follow me as we take a journey of ones man incredible career.

Jadey:Good morning Mr. Jordan.

Mr. Jordan:Goodmorning to you Jadey. Please call me Ron.

Jadey:Ron, can you please tell me what did your education consist of to make it to this point? The point of being a manufacturing engineer.

Ron:Well I graduated high school. Then I went to a government sponsored training program, from there I entered into a journeyman machining apprenticeship program in which I had to have a certain amount of hours on machines and college courses. Which I went to a local college to do those requirements. These included classes in computer aided drafting, computer aided machining. I then took various certificate programs pertaining to the job. One of the additional courses was for Certified manufacturing technologist.

Jadey:Were you hired immediately or did it take sometime being young and fresh out of school?

Ron:I was hired immediately and did most of my training while I was on the job.

Jadey:Do you think that the place you were employed trained you properly and readied you to move on when the time was right?

Ron:I think most of the places that I have worked at have been very good about on the job training.

Jadey:Do you feel that safety practices are adhered to?

Ron:I have seen a lot of safety features disabled to make things run quicker however, I would say that overall most cases yeah everything is made safe and the work environments are up to the safety standards.

Jadey:What kind of environment should one expect to come into when they first arrive on the job?

Ron:70% of the time I spend in an office with my computer the other part of the time I am trouble shooting on the floor which is very loud and dirty due to the machines.

Jadey:Would you say that this job has moving up capabilities or do you reach a plateau and then there is no more room to grow?