Manufacturing Project Engineer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Manufacturing Project Engineer manages the manufacturing process from conception to completion. Supervises manufacturing teams, evaluates proposals and documentation, plans the whole manufacturing process and oversees the implementation to completion. Is the primary technical point of contact for the project.

Job Outlook

There were 34 Manufacturing Project Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 883 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Manufacturing Engineer industry, which includes the Manufacturing Project Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Manufacturing Project Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,389.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,389.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Manufacturing Project Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $95,257.

Education and Experience

Posted Manufacturing Project Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	79.73%
Master's Degree	20.39%
Doctoral Degree	2.72%
Other	2.27%

Posted Manufacturing Project Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	12.99%
3 to 5 years	64.1%
6 to 8 years	9.23%
9+ years	13.68%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Manufacturing Project Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Communication (39.07%)
Operations (37.49%)
Problem Solving (30.69%)
Planning (30.12%)
Management (28.09%)
Leadership (20.84%)
Coordinating (19.03%)
Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (15.86%)
Microsoft Excel (15.52%)
Writing (15.52%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Project Engineering (86.83%)
AutoCAD (19.59%)
Mechanical Engineering (21.88%)
Project Management (64.15%)
Manufacturing Processes (32.53%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Project Schedules (6.19%)
Supply Chain (10.08%)
Project Scoping (9.85%)
Project Implementation (15.92%)
Food Manufacturing (4.93%)
Computer-Aided Design (10.77%)
Six Sigma Methodology (9.39%)
Electrical Engineering (8.82%)
Continuous Improvement Process (19.13%)
Automation (17.75%)
Capital Budgeting (2.52%)
SolidWorks (CAD) (11.11%)
Civil Engineering (1.72%)
Engineering Management (2.86%)
Construction (9.16%)
Manufacturing Operations (7.56%)
Engineering Design Process (4.35%)
Project Planning (7.9%)
Finance (5.61%)
Process Engineering (7.56%)
Chemical Engineering (4.81%)
Manufacturing Engineering (24.74%)
Procurement (14.55%)
Purchasing (12.94%)
Industrial Engineering (14.55%)
Construction Management (8.48%)
Lean Manufacturing (22.22%)
Microsoft Project (12.14%)
Machining (8.48%)
New Product Development (16.27%)
Process Improvement (15.12%)
Pharmaceuticals (5.27%)
Risk Analysis (2.06%)
Subcontracting (2.29%)
Tooling (13.29%)
Environment Health And Safety (5.15%)
Commissioning (8.36%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Manufacturing Project Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Project Engineer
Program Engineer
Project Engineering Manager
Manufacturing Engineer/Project Manager
Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Intern
Manufacturing Systems Engineer
Manufacturing Project Manager
Assembly Engineer

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Manufacturing Project Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Raytheon Technologies (47)
Actalent (41)
Ford (41)
Caterpillar (40)
Northrop Grumman (30)
GPAC (21)
Randstad (21)
Precision Medicine Group (19)
Cpp Minneapolis Operation (18)
Saint-Gobain (13)

North Carolina

Precision Medicine Group (7)
Caterpillar (3)
Raytheon Technologies (2)
The Recruiting Group (2)
NPAworldwide (2)
GE Aerospace (2)
Emerson Electric (1)
Honeywell International (1)
Eaton Corporation (1)
Ford (1)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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