Industrial Engineer
Comprehensive Sites
A Sightseer’s Guide to EngineersYou’ll find activities and a lot of creativity at this site, devoted to taking you on a tour of the world of industrial engineering. Click on a state, and you will find lists of sites and exhibits around the country created by industrial engineers, with fun facts on who made them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: EngineerFrom this site of the U.S. Department of Labor, you can gather some basic information on what it’s like to be an engineer, including aerospace, agricultural, biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and other related positions. Reading the work description might help you decide if working in this field is right for you. Related occupations and sources of additional information on the industry are available from this site, including specific wages for engineer types.
Junior Engineering Technical SocietyExplore engineering as a profession at this page, with links to what engineers do, a newsletter, and a special page for students. Go to that link, and you can see about the endless possibilities in this field. A tool at the site, called ASSESS, will help you discover your strengths and guide you to the engineering discipline that is right for you. The Pre-engineering Times newsletter is just for students, as well as videos, career profiles, and national academic competition information and other opportunities to experience an engineering career firsthand.
Princeton Review: Industrial EngineerRead about a day in the life of an industrial engineer at this page and check out the links to majors, graduate programs, details on the quality of life you can expect, and a connection to facts and figures in the field. You will find related resources, too, including engineering organizations and a career search.
Occupational Titles
Industrial Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Supplier Quality Engineer
Project Engineer
Plant Manager, Manufacturing
Project Engineer, Industrial
Accredited Academic Programs
Accreditation Board for Engineering and TechnologyYou will find an organization at this site that tells you all about accredited programs in engineering. Click on the program finder link to be taken to a list of engineering programs, which you can search by region, discipline, or state.
Princeton Review: Industrial Engineer, College MajorsIf you are interested in becoming an industrial engineer, check out the list of schools accessible from this site. These are colleges in the U.S. that offer your major in the area you are looking to study in. Complete contact information on web sites for these colleges can be easily accessed to find out more about the academic program.
Salary Levels
PayScale: Industrial EngineeringAn engineer’s median salary by job is shown at this site, including project engineer, manufacturing, and related industrial engineer careers. Median pay according to years of experience is charted at this site, with additional information on salary according to employer type, such as a government agency or non-profit firm.
Professional Organizations
American Society for Engineering EducationConferences, publications, and educational information are all available from this organization, where you can access workshops on engineering education for school students. Prism is the organization’s award-winning publication, available on the publications tab, and covers engineering education in the U.S. College profiles and stats, as well as professional journals are here, too.
Institute of Industrial EngineersEngineering lessons for students are provided here, as well as community links, accredited educational information, blogs, and a job board. The student center tells you all about the profession, connects you to mentoring professionals for real guidance, provides you with student advisors, and tells you all about student membership.
National Society of Professional EngineersResources at this page include details on licensure, education, ethics in the field of engineering, employment, an online magazine, and a job board.
Job Opportunity Sources
Careers and InternshipsAt this page, you will find opportunities specifically for students and entry-level positions in engineering. The links here will take you to Engineering Central, Engineer.net, and many other opportunities to find your dream job.
Institute of Industrial Engineers: JobsJob seekers can search the job listings from the link at this page and find detailed listings and a keyword search. Also found are profiles of industrial engineers, what they do daily, and information on where they work.
Licensing & Certification
ISeek: Certifications for Industrial EngineersYou will find more than 60 certifications related to a career as an industrial engineer compiled at this page, including the certification names, their certifying organizations, and links to detailed information on what’s entailed to earn them.
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and SurveyingEngineering and surveying licensing boards are the members of this organization. You can find out about exam registration if this is your field, study materials, news, and updates to the path of professional licensure for engineering.
Professional Engineering LicensureLicensing as a professional engineer is the focus of this page, which informs about the path to the right testing process and how to get fully licensed. Get your questions answered about interstate licensing and find career profiles of several engineers.
Publications
Engineering, Go For It!This publication is for you if you are a student thinking about engineering as a career. The site focuses on the activities that will open you up to a world of opportunity in the field. You can preview sample pages at the site or order a low-cost issue.
Institute of Industrial Engineers NewsletterIf you enter your e-mail at this site, you will be sent the Institute’s free newsletter and receive special updates on the industry to keep informed about your future career.
PE, The Professional Engineers’ MagazineFind cover stories right here and access to free selected articles from the magazine for professional engineers. You can make your voice heard by finding out more about the JETS program from the Junior Engineering Technical Society. Site navigation at the left leads you to ethics, employment, interest groups, and plenty of other departments.
Online Forums & Blogs
Engineering and BlogThis is a biweekly blog that looks at developments in the field of engineering as it relates to the real world. You will find discussions that focus on engineering as it merges with the economy, politics, society, and education, and get a very good idea of the national interest in engineering in a changing world. You can also view related YouTube videos.
Go Engineering BlogThis electronic newsletter/blog tells you about the growing role of engineering in higher education, with news, events, and engineering outreach programs. The blog link in the middle of the page is a high school engineering information center and has archives dating back to 2004.
Industrial Engineering LifeProviding by the Institute of Industrial Engineers, this blog tells all about an industrial engineering life, with recent posts and bios of the professional bloggers.
Career Videos
License to ChillThis is a rap video but also descriptions from young engineers that tells you all about different functions of engineers. The opportunity to travel, to work in diverse industries, and other information for young members are offered.
National Association of Manufactures: Manufacturing VideosThe world of industrial engineering is all about creating things. Look at the “cool stuff being made videos” to find manufacturing footage on everything from cars and bicycles, to guitars and microchips.
You Tube: Industrial Engineers Job DescriptionFind out about the work with production resources that industrial engineers do, including the mathematical techniques, complex distribution plans, and other problem solving skills are discussed, as well as the qualities needed in industrial engineers. Earnings potential, opportunities in management are introduced.
