Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a process engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a process engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Process engineers apply engineering concepts in order to improve all kinds of production and manufacturing processes in terms of efficiency and productivity. They evaluate the variables and constraints present in given processes and present engineering solutions to optimise them.

Also known as battery materials process engineer, process technology engineering expert, slitting process engineer, industrial quality engineer, manufacturing systems engineer, process engineering specialist, process technology engineering adviser, process engineering consultant, recycling process engineer, battery integration process engineer, process technology engineering consultant, processes engineer.

Professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: research engineer, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
research engineer 58% covered equipment engineer 56% covered contract engineer 54% covered precision engineer 50% covered design engineer 49% covered process engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from process engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a process engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A process engineer needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • production engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply advanced manufacturing management skills
  • interpret technical requirements information skills
  • manage engineering project management skills
  • define technical requirements management skills
  • analyse production processes for improvement information skills
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • project management business, administration and law
  • use technical drawing software working with computers
  • technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a process engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Process engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a process engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.