All About Lead Engineer Profession

One of the most popular specialties today is the profession of a leading engineer. This is a person with the most versatile responsibilities associated with the technical side of the production process. In our review, we will consider everything about the profession as a leading engineer, dwell in more detail on the job responsibilities of this specialist, as well as the qualification requirements for applicants for this position.

A leading engineer is an employee whose duties include full control of all technical and technological processes in the enterprise. Usually, a job seeker with a higher technical education is appointed to this position, while having a work experience by profession is mandatory. Depending on the features of the completed educational program, the specialization of the leading engineer or the direction of his future work is largely formed. An employee in this position should be well aware of all the teaching materials that are required within each industry. This person should be sociable and inquisitive.

Working in a particular field of science and technology, The leading engineer must clearly know all the standards, technical and technological documentation, legal and regulatory materials that may have at least something to do with his activities. Important that he constantly studied additional literature, which determines the procedure for processing technical documents or patents. This specialist should have knowledge and practical skills in the organization of the labor process, ergonomics and economics. Since the position of the leading engineer is leading, then this employee is required to comply with the current Labor Code of the Russian Federation, knowledge of the standards and rules of labor protection.

Obviously, the person planning to take the position of lead engineer, must be truly highly skilled workers. This position requires active participation in the creation and implementation of production projects, the development of technical documentation and the organization of laboratory research. This person is engaged in the collection of necessary information, its systematization, as well as processing and analysis. Its functionality includes quality control of ongoing work and verification of their compliance with the standards required by law.

In accordance with the accepted ECTS, approving professional standards for each position, the leading engineer has an OKPDTR code 22446 9 1 2149 05. This specialist in strict accordance with the job description must perform the following functional duties:

• participate in the organization and conduct of scientific and practical research and the implementation of laboratory and technical developments;
• produce data collection and analysis in order to monitor production efficiency and create a set of measures to increase its efficiency;
• provide timeliness and appropriate quality of all workrelated to the technical and industrial part;
• achieve compliance of implemented production projects with accepted standards, as well as the technical capabilities of the enterprise;
• supervise the design of schemes of various directions, as well as methods and means of monitoring the progress of experiments and tests, compiling laboratory models;
• make up description of the basic principles of operation of designed objects and products, as well as make calculations to justify the adoption of certain technical decisions;
• supervise the installation and commissioning of new equipment;
• provide safety precautions when performing production work;
• to participate in the formation and implementation of a set of measures aimed at reducing costs on the production and technical component of the project;
• to organize introduction of the achievements of Russian and foreign science at the enterprise;
• prepare reviews based on research and development;
• make up qualified opinions on technical documentation, which may come from any third party organizations;
• participate in the evaluation of scientific papers, as well as the preparation of publications;
• file patent applications and prototypes;
• take part in scientific seminars and conferencesheld among representatives of technical communities;
• realize management of technicians and engineers.

In addition to duties, the lead engineer has his own rights. So, he must be constantly up to date with all projects that are somehow related to his work. The leading engineer has the right to make proposals regarding the efficiency of his work and the rational use of production capacities and resources. A leading engineer has the right, on his own initiative, to prepare materials for the opening of a new project. This employee can report to the management about any shortcomings and problems that are identified during the work on the project.

To qualify for the position of lead engineer, the employee must know the following well:

• materials that to one degree or another determine the direction of development of a particular industry, science, technology, economy;
• prospects for the further development of the sphere in which the leading specialist works;
• basic research methodology, organization of testing, experiments and laboratory experiments;
• Russian and foreign achievements in the field of science and technology;
• methodological literature regarding developed problems or related issues;
• current specifications, standards, state standards and other standards for the operation of production and technological systems;
• requirements for the development and implementation of technical documents;
• principles of registration of patents and patent science;
• methodological bases for dispatching the production process;
• methodology of procurement procedures;
• statutory requirements for organization rules and labor standards;
• the foundations of existing labor law;
• fire safety rules and regulations.

In accordance with the existing qualification requirements, only a person with higher professional education, whose work experience in the specialty is at least 5 years, can be put in the position of a leading engineer. We draw attention to the fact that the interpretation of this requirement should be literal and exclude any extended understanding. In particular, this applies to the requirements for seniority. In this case, it is understood that the applicant for the position of lead engineer must work for 5 or more years as an engineer. Confirmation of this are the entries in his workbook, where certainly the word "engineer" should appear.

Leading engineer is required in enterprises of various categories. Specialists of this category can be found in the staffing of inventive and design departments of companies. A professional in this field can use his knowledge and skills in factories and factories, as well as in research institutes and even in schools. The position of a leading engineer is in demand in metallurgy, construction of buildings and structures, instrumentation and engineering, in medicine, military production, energy and many other areas. In science, a leading engineer often studies neighboring subject areas, such as, for example, ecology or economics.

The lead engineer and inventor is usually closer to work in the design office. For a practical engineer, work in enterprises in the manufacturing sector or any other industry is more suitable. Some leading engineers eventually move on to teaching. In our country, a leading engineer has pretty good chances of developing his talent. However, only on condition that he has a high level of qualification.

In order to realize themselves in the profession, the most active young engineers, even in their student years, are looking for a place to take an internship, they work part time in technical schools or laboratories in their own departments. In this way, by the time they graduate, they have sufficient practical experience, as well as sufficient knowledge to qualify for a particular engineering position.

Engineering in Russia is becoming more promising every year.Workers in this area are increasingly likely to have good career growth and high salaries - many areas of activity in which such employees are required are rapidly developing today thanks to state grants and commercial investments. The most ambitious and hardworking workers, who are not afraid to generate promising, bold and practically sound ideas, get every chance for their independent implementation in the future.