Industrial Engineering, Operations Management & Mechanical Engineering Department
About Us
Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering involves designing, improving, and installing integrated systems that involve people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. It requires specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences, as well as engineering analysis and design principles and methods. The main objective of this discipline is to specify, predict, and evaluate the results of these systems, and to constantly improve methods, procedures, and practices within an organisation to increase productivity and profits. Value is added if inputs like manpower, materials, machinery, and money are converted more effectively into products and services by using sound management principles. An Industrial Engineer is continually engaged in core aspects such as communication, cooperation, quality, planning and scheduling, as well as the calculation of cycle time, capacity, and utilisation. Industrial Engineers should also be competent in economic analysis, problem-solving, materials handling, facility layout etc. Industrial Engineering, therefore, requires people who like working with people, who enjoy analysing and solving problems, developing solutions, gaining co-operation, and motivating people. Industrial engineers always seek better, quicker, and cheaper ways of doing things.
Career Opportunities
There is a great need for persons who are well trained in Industrial Engineering. Job opportunities as business advisors, industrial analysts, production personnel, planning personnel and line managers are available in all types of manufacturing companies as well as in service organizations. Experience has shown that people with a qualification in Industrial Engineering and a dynamic personality quickly progress to the management level or start their own businesses.
Operations Management
If you are a person who likes working with people, who enjoy analyzing and solving problems, developing solutions, gaining co-operation, motivating people and who always seeks better, quicker, and cheaper ways of doing things, then this is the programme for you. Qualified people in Operations Management are employed by both manufacturing companies as well as service organizations. In Operations Management, you will specialize in production scheduling, material movement, inventory control, quality management, work simplification, productivity improvement and will contribute to the design and implementation of integrated systems comprising capital, plant, manpower and raw materials. Your objective will be to constantly improve methods, procedures, and practices within an organization to increase productivity and profits. A diploma will be issued on the completion of five semesters of theoretical learning and one semester of Operations Management Practice (Project-based).
Career Opportunities: Operations Management offers a challenging and exciting career in the private sector. The expertise and skills that you will achieve find their optimum application and growth in the manufacturing industry, progressively, as Production Assistant / Production Planner, Production Scheduler / Head Planner, Production Superintendent, Production Manager and Operations Management. People with Operations Management qualifications and experience are also well equipped to start their own business.
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the design, manufacture, and operations of mechanical systems and devices. Mechanical engineering studies include the application of principles such as physics, mathematics, and material science to solve problems and create products for various industries. Mechanical Engineering is a very divers and versatile field that touches virtually every aspect of modern live. Mechanical engineers professionals are equipped with both creative and innovative skills and can use their technical and entrepreneurial skills to meet current and future societal needs. In this digital era, these graduates are well-prepared for the challenges of the industry. The activities in Mechanical Engineering can be grouped into design, maintenance, electromechanical and project work where the latter includes aspects such as planning of projects, cost control, evaluation of tenders, negotiations with contractors, control over the progress of the project, co- ordination of all the interested departments and commissioning of the completed project.
Career Opportunities: Graduates in Mechanical Engineering can work in any heavy or light manufacturing industry, e.g. the chemical industry, iron and steel manufacturing industry, mining industry, power stations, transport services, provisional and government services, etc. Technicians are much sought after and a career in this field is lucrative and rewarding.
