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Industrial Production Managers

Also called: Production Manager, Production Superviser, Plant Manager, Manufacturing Manager

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What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
On the job, you would:
  • Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
  • Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
  • Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.

Knowledge

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Engineering and Technology
  • mechanical
  • design
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Business
  • management

Skills

Basic Skills
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Resource Management
  • managing your time and the time of other people
  • selecting and managing the best workers for a job
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Math
  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide
  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Leadership
  • Dependability
  • Initiative
  • Self Control
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Attention to Detail

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Industrial control software
  • Citect IIM
  • Marel production system MPS software
Human resources software
  • Clockware software
  • Computer integrated manufacturing CIM time manager software
Facilities management software
  • ABB Optimize software
  • Plant management software

Education

Education: (rated 3 of 5)
some college or
bachelor's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Below Average Outlook
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
Salary
$88,190
per year, on average
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Green
This work is part of the green economy.

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