MANUFACTURING | Career Pathways and Demand in Greater Kansas City 7.26.16 Tools & Technology Current Median Hour Certifications/ Education Job Description Openings Wage degrees offered 70 Certified Production PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS (PACKAGING, INSPECTORS, TESTERS) GMP, QMS, ISO 9001, $13.87(KC) Job Technician, OSHA Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or SAP Software, Excel $15.09(National) shipment. Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh materials or assembled products. openings Safety, OSHA Forklift High School CAD, SAP Software, 637 Industrial Maintenance Diploma & MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORKERS $19.23(KC) Perform work to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment Oracle, PTC Creo Job Certificate, Machine Work $20.02(National) in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining. Parametric openings Tool Tech Experience 40 CNC Mastercam, ERP $20.75(KC) Machine Technology MACHINISTS Job Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Software, Excel $21.17(National) Certificate openings EZ Pipe Software, 37 Welding (MIG) Recordkeeping software, $16.85(KC) METAL WORKERS, WELDERS, CUTTERS Certificate, Welding OmniFleet equipment Job Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, soldering equipment to weld or join metal components. $17.91(National) (TIG/MIG) Certificate maintenance openings Certification Advanced Computer or CRM, LMS, PLC, 39 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY MECHANICS $22.57(KC) Integrated Machining & Extranet Machine Tools Associate's Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery Job Manufacturing Suite, SAP Software $22.48(National) Degree and pipeline distribution systems. openings Certificate CRM, SaaS, Oracle 342 WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURING SALES REPRESENTATIVES $51.44 (KC) Applied Manufacturing DBMS, IBM Notes, SAP Job Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals where $55.26(National) Certificate technical or scientific knowledge may be required. Software openings Rockwell RSLogix, INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 306 Microsoft Visual, $39.88 (KC) Industrial Engineering Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production job Dassault Systems BS processes including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and openings $42.26(National) material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination. CATIA Software Bachelor's MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Sigmetrix CETOL 6 92 Mechanical Engineering Sigma, Autodesk $39.88(KC) BS, Mechanical Degree Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other job AutoCAD, Rapid $41.73(National) Engineering mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair openings of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems. Prototyping software Technology BETB-MT
CAD, Minitab software, 155 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS $43.87(KC) Electrical Engineering Design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, Verilog, C++, SCADA, job $45.63(National) BS components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. MATLAB openings
TOP EMPLOYERS FOR THE KC REGION: Black & Veatch, Burns & McDonnell, Harley-Davidson Inc., Honeywell, Kiewit, Pentair, Triumph Group, Unilever, United States Infrastructure Corporation
Manufacturing Education Programs Directory
Kansas City Kansas Community College Welding Construction Certificate Welding Technology Certificate Industrial Maintenance Certificate Machine Technology Certificate Industrial Technology Level I Certificate Industrial Automation Mechatronics Level I PLC Certificate Industrial Automation Mechatronics Level II PLC Certificate Kansas State University Lineman Certificate Applied Manufacturing Certificate Industrial Electric Certificate Mechanical and Engineering Technology AETA-MT Engineering AS Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology EATA-EC Construction Management in Industrial Technology AAS Electrical Engineering BS Computer Integrated Machining & Manufacturing AAS Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology BS Industrial Electrical AAS Industrial Engineering BS Industrial Technology AAS Mechanical Engineering BS Industrial Technology-Millwright AAS Mechanical Engineering Technology BETB-MT Multi-Craft Industrial Technology AAS Stationary Engineer AAS Metropolitan Community College Welding and Technology AAS Mill Certificate Engineering Technology AAS Lathe Certificate Engineering Technology-Computer and Electronics AAS Advanced Computer Integrated Machining & Manufacturing Engineering Technology-Mechanical & Manufacturing AAS Certificate Industrial Maintenance AAS Millwright Certificate Lineman AAS Millwright II Certificate Stationary Engineer Certificate University of Kansas Stationary Engineer-Critical Facilities Level II Certificate Mechanical Engineering BS Welding (MIG) Certificate Electrical Engineering BS Welding (TIG/MIG) Certificate Engineering Physics-Digital Electronic Systems BS
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