Production Engineer
Also known as: Manufacturing Engineer · Process Engineer · Shop Floor Engineer
Runs and improves manufacturing lines so products are made on time and to quality.
What you’d do
A production engineer runs and improves manufacturing lines so products are made on time, at the planned cost and to quality. Automotive, engineering goods, consumer-goods and process manufacturers hire them. A day involves supervising shifts, solving line problems, tracking output and working on process improvements.
- Plans daily production targets
- Supervises machines and operators
- Reduces waste and process delays
- Coordinates with quality and maintenance
How you get in
Freshers usually join as graduate engineer trainees through campus placement at manufacturing companies, or through GATE scores for PSUs. Diploma holders often enter as supervisors and grow with experience.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Production planning and line balancing
- Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Supervising operators and shift handovers
- Reading engineering drawings and process sheets
- Tracking output, scrap and downtime data
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Work is on the shop floor, usually in shifts.
- Common next roles: production in-charge, plant or operations manager, industrial engineering roles.
- Manufacturing hubs are concentrated in specific industrial regions.
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