Labor Rationing Engineer

The functioning of any production company implies that each employee must fulfill his functions and give certain labor results. Final decisions about exactly what they should be are made by an engineer in the field of labor standards. In our review, we will dwell on the features of this profession.

The standardization engineer is considered one of the main employees of any manufacturing enterprise. He oversees all issues related to compliance with the established standards of time costs for all internal work processes. The duties of a labor rationing inspector include a fairly wide range of diverse functions. This employee forms the current labor costs in the given production conditions for each category of employees. It should be noted that colleagues very often do not like this specialist, but, despite this, he brings very tangible benefits to the company - it allows saving costs on the production of products and services.

The regulator often has to deal with the reduction of wages due to the introduction of advanced scientific and technological innovations., this leads to the fact that individual routine processes become automated and, accordingly, cheaper. This specialist monitors the correct fulfillment by employees of all technical requirements for the provision of services and production output - it is no secret that many pieceworkers often violate them in order to increase overall production.

It should be noted that a professional approach to work requires a standardization specialist to carry out all the necessary calculations to establish settlement plans. At the same time, he does this not at all standing above every employee with a stopwatch in his hands - this engineer uses his own skills and professional experience in his work, therefore the highest demands are placed on the knowledge and competencies of this specialist.

Let's start with the pros.

• Demand for the profession. Today, there is a shortage of these specialists in the market, so the demand for professional standardization engineers remains consistently high.
• Comfortable work. Unlike many other categories of engineers, this specialist is not directly involved in production shops; he performs all the necessary calculations at the office desk.
• Opportunity for professional growth and development. The fact is that the definition of production standards for the personnel of the enterprise requires knowledge of a large number of different subtleties and nuances of the production process. Having mastered them fully, the standardizer can count on a good career in his industry.

Of the minuses emit an insufficiently high level of salary. The vast majority of representatives of this specialty in our country, according to 2019, the maximum wage was 30 thousand rubles (data are presented on average for Russia).

In accordance with ETKS, in which the standard of the standardizer is set, The following list of works is included in the job descriptions for the main labor duties of this specialist:

• conducting research on the features of the performance of certain labor processes in production, as well as performing basic calculations, on the basis of which technically sound production standards are compiled for each category of workers;
• calculation of standards time costs for the general production cycle and its individual stages;
• accounting planning use of staff time;
• entering all approved standards into the electronic databases of the company, if necessary, their correction and updating;
• participation in the creation and implementation of a set of measures aimed at optimization of labor processes in production;
• identification of internal labor reserves to increase production in different divisions of the company through timekeeping, observations and other research methods;
• identification of the most effective labor methods, planning activities for their implementation in the company;
• efficiency analysis put forward rationalization proposals in all departments and divisions of both the production and administrative units;
• when introducing the latest technologies into the production cycle the design engineer must review the current labor standards and, in accordance with the research data, conduct basic organizational and explanatory activities with the company staff.

A person who has a higher specialized education, as well as experience in the position of inspector for the protection and organization of labor processes for at least 5 years, can be appointed to the position of an engineer for the organization and regulation of labor in a company. Specialists in this field are trained in economic as well as engineering and economic universities. A graduate of a college or technical school can also occupy the corresponding position, but only if his experience in the field of regulation of labor processes is five or more years, in addition, he must undergo mandatory refresher and continuing education courses.

Such stringent requirements are justified, since an enormous amount of knowledge is required from the labor standardization engineer. The applicant for this vacancy should know the current legislation governing the industry in which the production company operates, methodological materials describing the organization of labor processes. These include:

• TCS;
• guidance on the bonus system in the enterprise;
• the procedure for reviewing existing labor standards;
• the procedure for developing measures aimed at reducing labor costs at the enterprise;
• features of technological processes used in the company;
• established production conditions;
• forms of labor system;
• general principles for the implementation of technical standards;
• current production standards;
• methodology for the study of labor processes;
• types of analysis of the effectiveness of spending time by employees;
• modern computers and computer programs that optimize the work of a standardization specialist;
• basics of enterprise ergonomics;
• basic principles of company management;
• the current Labor Code of the Russian Federation;
• position on the characteristics of the psychology and physiology of work;
• Occupational safety requirements system.

The rate-setting engineer should be familiar with the positive experience of other companies in terms of labor standards and how they are paid. It is advisable that he study not only the experience of Russian enterprises, but also the best practices of foreign companies. That is why the inspector for the regulation of labor processes should pay special attention to the continuous improvement of his competence and undergo mandatory refresher courses every 3-5 years.

Rationing specialist can work in any industry, whether it is the production of goods, the provision of services, the conduct of research or design bureau. In fact, this specialist is necessary at any enterprise where a piece-rate wage system is introduced and the size of the salary directly depends on the volume of work performed. This specialist has a wide range of powers. He can offer his own leadership for consideration his own ideas related to improving the efficiency of managing labor resources, bonus subordinates, introducing a system of penalties for labor violators.

The regulator has the right to send requests to any departments of the company to obtain the necessary data in order to make adjustments to the current labor standards in the company. Labor Rationing Engineer has the right to be aware of all issues of strategic planning of the company as a whole. At the same time, the responsibility of this employee is extremely high.