In such systems industrial engineers determine how to optimize the system for maximum efficiency, effectiveness, throughput, safety, or some other objective of interest to the stakeholders of the system. To achieve these objectives, an industrial engineer draws upon knowledge of mathematics, the physical and engineering sciences, and the management and behavioral sciences to function as a problem-solver, innovator, designer, coordinator, and system integrator. Industrial engineers are employed in and apply their skills in an extremely wide range of organizations, including manufacturing industries, service industries, and governmental agencies.

Careers in Industrial Engineering

IE is used in a wide variety of industries, including business/management, manufacturing and processing, healthcare services, banking, insurance, transportation, construction, utilities, mathematics, entrepreneurship and government agencies. Businesses that hire graduates include Boeing, Amazon, Accenture, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Cummins, PepsiCo, Caterpillar, Allison, Procter & Gamble, US Steel, Timken, Zimmer Corp., G.E., General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Motorola, Intel, IBM, Delco, AT&T, Argonne National Labs, American Airlines, Eli Lilly, Halliburton, Nestle, Disney, U.S. Postal Service, UPS.