Industrial Engineering and Management

Overview

Do you want to help organisation - such as manufacturing sites, health care organisations, energy supply companies or government agencies - to perform effectively in our increasingly complex society? 

Then this technical and managerial programme is the right choice for you. 

As an Industrial Engineer & Manager you will be involved in designing, managing, optimising and improving business processes. You learn how to use technology, management and finance to help organisations more efficient and innovative, minimize risks, improve production processes and maximize profitability. 

Career Prospects

There is a large demand worldwide for professionals with a combined technical and managerial background. The course in Industrial Engineering and Management at HZ University of Applied Sciences offers the best job perspectives and highest starting salaries. Our graduates have secures positions as:

• (Asset) manager

Assets are company resources, for instance machines, vehicles and other important ‘tools’. As an asset manager, it is your responsibility to make the right choice with respect to these (often) large, expensive and advanced assets. You will be responsible for the purchasing, complete life cycle and maintenance of these assets. To this end, you will outsource the research into the costs as well as the technical and commercial aspects, and the impact on the environment. You will give your advice based on this investigation.

• Process engineer

You are able to quickly scan a company of department and use a variety of tools to analyse, improve and (re)design a given process. 

• Quality or Health and Safety Engineer 

As a quality manager you assist in establishing systems to support an drive continuous improvements and minimize the costs. You plan, schedule, execute and coordinate the different activities related to quality, health or safety issues.