production engineer

Production engineers review and evaluate production performance, perform data analysis and identify under-performing production systems. They search for long or short term solutions, plan production enhancements and process optimizations.

The most in-demand skills for this role include production processes, engineering principles, manufacturing processes, technical drawings, production engineering, engineering processes. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives production engineer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.