Industrial Engineers

Individuals who determine the most effective ways for an organization to use the basic factors of production (people, machines, materials, information and energy) to make a product or to provide a service. They are more concerned with increasing productivity through the management of people, methods of business organization and technology than are engineers in other specialties who generally work more with products or processes. Although most industrial engineers work in manufacturing industries, they may also work in consulting services, health care and communications. Included are health and safety engineers who promote worksite or product safety and health by applying knowledge of industrial processes as well as mechanical, chemical and psychological principles.