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Industrial Engineer
Industrial Engineers optimize how a process, system, or organization functions. Using computer simulations and mathematical methods and models, you evaluate and analyze a variety of factors — people, machines, materials, information, and energy — to design and develop the most efficient and effective way to make a product or provide a service.
With study and training that combines engineering with business, you can apply your expertise in designing, developing, and testing complex systems in any number of different areas — manufacturing, service or entertainment industries, health care, shipping and logistics, government services, and more. For example, you may design workstations in an assembly operation, consult as an efficiency expert in a health care system, streamline product or materials distribution for a manufacturer, or design cost control systems for a retail chain.
At Baker, with its small class sizes and real-world learning experiences, you’ll gain the knowledge, critical thinking, and skills you need to succeed as an Industrial Engineer. You’ll be fully prepared to start your new career from the day you graduate.
Career Facts
- The average annual wage for Industrial Engineers is $77,090.
- Opportunities are expected to grow 14 percent from 2008 to 2018, faster than average, as firms look for new ways to develop more efficient processes and reduce costs, delays, and waste.
- Industrial Engineers design, develop, install, and improve integrated systems in many different areas including manufacturing, computer, education, financial, government, and health care.
- A typical work weeks is 40-hours, but occasionally, deadlines or design standards may require working longer hours.
- Like all engineering disciplines, continuing education is required to keep up with improvements in technology.
- Because their work can be very similar to what managers do, Industrial Engineers often advance by transferring to a management career.
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