Engineering Management deals with the combination of technology and administration. It includes solving engineering ability, legal planning, management, quality, safety, health, psychology, modeling, optimization management information, etc. engineering firms require experts in external management where engineering technology plays the main role. Usually, management consultants have knowledge of administration and technical people understand the product well. Here engineering managers play a role in the development, improvement, and evaluation of integrated systems and processes.
Engineering management consultancies combine the principles of physics, environment; to specify and design the product and predict evaluation from calculations. This is a multitasking job and prepares a person for a huge scope of career in every stream of engineering. This will create an opportunity for you to shine among others to perform better.
For instance, in a project, the engineering manager will decide executive technical objectives and be responsible for maintaining relations with other teams related to service, marketing, production, manufacture, etc.
A successful engineer is responsible for the execution of work properly, this may also require the hiring of skilled people for the work, training them, and leading them. Their main job is to conquer all the issues creating hindrances in the growth of the company. After completing graduation one can select engineering management as their master's degree.
In-country like India, engineering management is the best post to get any job done as they have technical knowledge with managerial skills.
They must have skills like:
- Understanding the task and preparing a plan for the task.
- Ensuring procedures and safety precautions.
- Confirming maintenance.
- Cooperate with the research and development team.
- Leadership and communication skills.
- Problem-solving attitude and time management
Here are some job profiles for engineering managers
Automation engineer: is one who is responsible for identifying opportunities for automation in the software, design, process, and executing them functionally on databases and network applications.
Architectural managers: are responsible for the planning, designing, directing, and coordinating of a project from the basic plan to final execution. They are responsible for assigning tasks to different teams, and they also overview the budget.
Chemical Engineer Manager: is usually an individual who builds a team of chemical engineers and technicians that design and innovate the manufacturing processes and chemical-related products. Optimization of manufacturing, quality control of product safety of people and plants. To run a whole process while maintaining quality and budget.
Construction Project Manager: is a person responsible for a project from its initial to its top-notch; from planning, designing, construction, and implementation. The purpose of construction managers in the task is to check the quality of work within the designated time and maintain project cost, delivery cost.
Design Engineering Manager: to ensure the workflow with optimum efficiency a design manager oversees the projects. To work as a design Manager one should be skilled enough with analytics and communication to make others understand to lead a team to work together.
IT Manager: is more like a project manager except for the fact that a project manager deals with the start to the end of a project whereas an IT Manager is responsible for the ongoing programs and services. To explain technologies, theories, and concepts after analyzing and integrating facts to find solutions. They basically guide and navigate the whole system of technology to perform better.
Job cost engineer: collects all the detailed data and information related to different tasks of a project, after analyzing and estimating the manufacturing product or process. They have to work towards the objectives of the cost target. They are responsible for the estimation of each component with design and execution.
Product engineer: plays an important role in each stage of product creation. He comes up with product development ideas while finalizing product design. He should be capable enough to work in software like CAD (computer-aided design). He should be able to evaluate the prototype of the product and ensure safety measures before the official launch of the product. He is also responsible for the overall process starting with manufacturing and services. He should be creative enough to come up with new ideas for growth and nullify upcoming problems.
Systems engineer: is responsible to find out the fault in systems and preparing solutions for the issues found in the process, design, hardware, or while maintaining existing systems. They also oversee the upgrading of new techniques/systems.
Structural engineer: is a person with high technical knowledge and an engineering management course helps him to understand the managerial vision. He is the person who basically deals with the load design, and load analysis of a structure. Creating new ideas for construction and materials, preparing drawings in 2D and 3D models, advising and overseeing the construction procedures, calculations as well as safety.
Technical consultant: performs, analyzes software, hardware, networks. Coordinate with other departments to improve performance, resolve errors, ensure safety, and implement new ideas and technologies.
Payscale for an average engineering manager in India is approximately 10 lacs per annum. The above-mentioned figure may change depending upon the company and the role you are playing and the years of experience in the field.
Job opportunities
Companies hiring engineering managers: Unilever, Tesco, Dells, Philips, L&T, Oyo, Intel, Flipkart etc.
PSUs: BHEL, HAL, BSP, NMDC etc.
By Mithila Rathod
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