21321 Industrial and manufacturing engineers

What this occupation covers

Industrial and manufacturing engineers conduct studies, and develop and supervise programs to achieve the best use of equipment, human resources, technology, materials and procedures to enhance efficiency and productivity. They are employed in consulting firms, manufacturing and processing companies, in government, financial, health care and other institutions, or they may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 13 main duties for this code.

• Plan and design plant layouts and facilities
• Study new machinery and facilities and recommend or select efficient combinations
• Develop flexible or integrated manufacturing systems and procedures
• Conduct studies and implement programs to determine optimum inventory levels for production and to allow optimum utilization of machinery, materials and resources
• Analyze costs of production
• Design, develop and conduct time studies and work simplification programs
• Determine human resource and skill requirements and develop training programs
• Develop performance standards, evaluation systems and wage and incentive programs
• Conduct studies of the reliability and performance of plant facilities and production or administrative systems
• Develop maintenance standards, schedules and programs
• Establish programs and conduct studies to enhance industrial health and safety or to identify and correct fire and other hazards
• Evaluate or assess industrial facilities
• Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff and other engineers.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 13 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 21311 Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
• 20010 Engineering managers
• 21301 Mechanical engineers
• 21322 Metallurgical and materials engineers
• 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting

Excluded from this code

• Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) (See 21311 Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers))
• Engineering managers (See 20010 Engineering managers)
• Mechanical engineers (See 21301 Mechanical engineers)
• Metallurgical and materials engineers (See 21322 Metallurgical and materials engineers)
• Organizational analyst (See 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) engineer · consulting industrial engineer · cost engineer · efficiency engineer · fire prevention engineer · industrial efficiency engineer · industrial engineer · industrial engineering project manager · industrial safety engineer · maintenance engineering lead - industrial and manufacturing · manufacturing engineer · manufacturing engineering lead · methods engineer · plant engineer · production engineer · quality assurance (QA) engineer · quality control engineer · safety engineer · systems engineer - manufacturing · time-study engineer · work measurement engineer

Employment requirements

• A bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or in a related engineering discipline is required.
• A master's degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
• Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
• Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.