Employment opportunities
Management engineer
Roles
The skills attained at the end of the course enables management engineering graduates to enter and operate in the world of work in highly diversified and qualified fields, including the re-engineering of business processes, the development of models, systems and applications for decision support, the design of organisational systems and procedures for interaction between companies and between these and the purchasers of the goods and services produced, the configuration of planning and control systems for operational and financial activities, the operational management of complex projects, production and distribution management.
Skills
The management engineer applies knowledge of: economics and business management, production management; industrial plants; manufacturing studies; machine and structure mechanics; industrial technical physics; operations research.
Almalaurea 2017 data show that the sectors most in demand for management engineers are: the manufacturing industry, companies operating in the energy and plant engineering and transport sector, the services and consultancy sector, all sectors of the public administration, and the research sector in public and private, national and international institutes.
Employment opportunities
Graduates in management engineering are easily placed in large companies as well as in small and medium-sized production and service companies. An analysis of the Almalaurea 2017 data for the course under review shows that the majority of enrolled students (around 75%) intend to continue their studies by enrolling onto a second-cycle degree. It also emerges that, with reference to the type of work, the private sector is preferred, with permanent or self-employed contracts and full-time working hours. Graduates show an interest in working in their province of residence or in the province of study, although they are willing to travel frequently. Finally, among the employment opportunities, the 'organisation and planning', 'management control' and 'logistics and distribution' sectors are favoured. The following is a description of the degree course's target graduate profiles.
Head of organisation and planning, Head of management control
Roles
This figure constitutes the interface between company management and users.
In cooperation with the company management, he/she helps translate management requirements and user needs into technical specifications that form the basis for the realisation and development of products and services.
Skills
The main skills associated with this role are related to the application of:
- organisational models and techniques;
- industrial accounting and cost analysis techniques;
- business economics techniques;
- flow and stock management methodologies;
- technological and plant engineering methodologies.
Employment opportunities
Consulting companies, public and private institutions, production and service companies.
Logistics and distribution manager
Roles
Responsible for planning, managing and controlling activities relating to the processes of procurement, stock management and distribution of finished products. In view of these objectives, he/she conceives and evaluates the costs and benefits of innovations in procurement and distribution logistics and warehouse management.
Skills
The main skills associated with this role are related to the application of:
- flow and stock management methodologies;
- business economics techniques;
- technological and plant engineering methodologies.
Employment opportunities
Companies producing goods or services, managing logistics and providing services. Logistics and organisational consulting companies.
Process engineer
Roles
This figure typically works within manufacturing companies (usually of medium to large size) and deals with the analysis of production processes, and the design of intervention plans aimed at improving the production organisation. He/she has the task of optimising the factors and processes that contribute to production with a view to 'lean production' by introducing production and organisational methods for achieving efficiency and productivity improvement objectives.
Skills
The main skills associated with this role are related to the application of:
- flow and stock management methodologies;
- technological and plant engineering methodologies;
- industrial accounting and cost analysis techniques;
- business economics techniques;
- statistical methodologies applied to the control of production processes.
Employment opportunities
Goods production companies.