NOC 2021 · 21321 · TEER 1
Industrial and manufacturing engineers
Unit group 21321 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Industrial and manufacturing engineers conduct studies, and develop and supervise programs to achieve the best use of equipment, human resources, technology, materials and procedures to enhance efficiency and productivity. They are employed in consulting firms, manufacturing and processing companies, in government, financial, health care and other institutions, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) engineer
- consulting industrial engineer
- cost engineer
- efficiency engineer
- fire prevention engineer
- industrial efficiency engineer
- industrial engineer
- industrial engineering project manager
- industrial safety engineer
- maintenance engineering lead - industrial and manufacturing
- manufacturing engineer
- manufacturing engineering lead
- methods engineer
- plant engineer
- production engineer
- quality assurance (QA) engineer
- quality control engineer
- safety engineer
- systems engineer - manufacturing
- time-study engineer
- work measurement engineer
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.