Process Engineer: Technical Benchmark, Decision Maker and Liaison Center

Abstract

In modern day industrial processes, lack of direction and clarity can often incur heavy losses. In order to avoid such scenarios, this paper proposes the relatively new role of process engineer (PE) within a discrete manufacturing plant to serve as a liaison center for all other activities-simultaneously functioning as a technical benchmark and a decision maker at the interface of their own area of expertise, the product development flow, the organizational chart of the plant, and the project management team. This is expected to reinforce economic sustainability and technological development in the industry. To this end, we first establish the primary requirements and responsibilities of the PE. In many organizations, the roles and responsibilities of various employees are not sufficiently well-defined, leading to ambiguous interactions between departments, large-scale inefficiency, and a significant increase in expenses. The primary tasks of the process engineer would be to help achieve industrial expectations and utilize the labor advertisement market directly or indirectly. Thus, the appointment of engineering graduates as PEs can be mutually beneficial for both the academic and industrial sectors. It would provide security of employment to fresh graduates, while their fast integration into industrial companies following graduation would secure a fast return on industrial investment.