Industrial Engineering Technicians
Job description
These individuals provide support and services to develop production methods, facilities, and systems. They assist in the planning, evaluation, and organization of work. They are employed by:
- Manufacturing companies
- Insurance companies
- The government
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
Main tasks
- Participate in the design of the plant layout.
- Collaborate in the preparation of evaluations, specifications, and reports.
- Collect and compile operational, experimental, and quality control data.
- Develop manufacturing and processing methods.
- Set machine and equipment controls, monitor production, and verify processes.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between these positions and related fields (e.g. technical sales).
- Experience leads to management positions.
- These individuals may specialize in various industrial fields (metals, plastics, textiles, etc.).
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in technologie du génie industriel
Placement rate: 41.3%
58.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Data collection
- Solving complex problems
- Result evaluation
- Information processing
- System analysis
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Operation analysis
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Mathematics
- Active learning
- Quality control analysis
- Technological design
- Teaching
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Near vision
- Verbal skills
- Classification
- Information organization
- Selective attention
- Written expression
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Speech recognition
- Visualization
- Basic numeracy
- Speech clarity
- Mathematical reasoning
- Perception speed
- Distance vision
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Creativity
- Knowledge of engineering and technology
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of mechanics
Interests
- Work with numbers
- Create, design
- Make, build, install
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
- Conduct tests and trials, control processes
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians (CNP 22302)
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026