How to hire an efficiency engineer

How to hire an efficiency engineer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step efficiency engineer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an efficiency engineer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new efficiency engineer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your efficiency engineer job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an efficiency engineer for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect efficiency engineer also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents efficiency engineer salaries for various positions.

   Type of Efficiency Engineer	Description	Hourly rate
   Efficiency Engineer	Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.	$22-41
   Industrial Engineering Internship	An industrial engineer intern is a student working in a company to do industrial engineering tasks. Industrial engineering interns assist industrial engineers... Show more	$13-25
   Manufacturing Engineering Internship	A manufacturing engineering intern is responsible for assisting the manufacturing engineers on the plant's daily operations, analyzing the manufacturing process and procedures, and recommending strategic solutions to maximize productivity and minimize costs. Manufacturing engineering interns shadow the production staff, inspect the tools and equipment of the manufacturing, analyze the quality control documentation, and perform related administrative tasks to familiarize themselves with the plant structure... Show more	$19-32

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Cost Reduction

   Responsibilities:

   • Accomplish extraction of heat and material balance data from HYSYS simulation and generating the relevant process flow diagram.
   • Prepare soil data in geotechnical software and graphical figures to be used and review by professional engineering project managers.
   • Calculate energy/water cost and usage savings that meet company-wide ROI requirements.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your efficiency engineer job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. An efficiency engineer salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, efficiency engineers' average salary in arkansas is 39% less than in washington.
   • Seniority. Entry-level efficiency engineers earn 47% less than senior-level efficiency engineers.
   • Certifications. An efficiency engineer with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in an efficiency engineer's salary.

   Average efficiency engineer salary

   $63,663yearly

   $30.61 hourly rate

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   Entry-level efficiency engineer salary

   $46,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 19, 2025

4. Writing an efficiency engineer job description

   An efficiency engineer job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of an efficiency engineer job description:

   Efficiency engineer job description example

   **Company presentation**
   
   **World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health** , Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3,6 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company's activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide's ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.
   
   **Entity and activity description**
   
   Air Liquide Large Industries provides our customers with industrial gas and energy solutions that are vital to their own industrial production. We own and operate over 2,000 miles of industrial gas pipelines in the U.S. supplying mainly oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and syngas in large quantities from multiple production sources to major customers in the chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and steel industries. Our pipeline operations and industrial gas production facilities are closely monitored 24/7 within our leading-edge operations control center located in Houston, Texas. Our operations control group monitors over 89,000 data points and assists with product supply and coordination. We are constantly optimizing our supply network to provide high reliability and energy efficiencies allowing Air Liquide to adjust supply needs more quickly and effectively enabling growth to our customers.
   
   Candidate must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship.
   
   **Job Responsibilities**
   
   Understand Current Efficiency Performance of Operating Units.
   
   + Possess a thorough understanding of the production processes involved for Air Separation & Cogeneration Units.
   
   + Track and monitor production data (production volumes and costs) for production units.
   
   + Monitor, and analyze energy and raw materials consumption for production units.
   
   Identify Efficiency Opportunities
   
   + Recommend cost saving methods for production operations.
   
   + Identify and recommend energy savings strategies and tactics, for energy efficient operations of production units.
   
   Launch Efficiency Projects
   
   + Work with SMEs, and operations personnel to develop and validate efficiency ideas, and initiate projects.
   
   + Work with engineering, operations control center, enterprise data analysts, and field operations personnel to develop and implement solutions to improve efficiency of production systems and processes.
   
   Track Results of Efficiency Improvements
   
   + Monitor and optimize efficiency projects portfolio to ensure prompt delivery of promised returns.
   
   + Conduct audits to evaluate energy and raw materials use, conservation, and efficacy of cost reduction measures.
   
   + Track results/ returns for all efficiency projects after implementation.
   
   **Required Qualifications**
   
   + A Bachelor's Science or advanced degree in Engineering.
   
   + At least 5 years of ASU and/or Cogeneration experience.
   
   + Has full range of motion and can lift at least 20 lbs.
   
   + Able and willing to travel for extended time periods (1 to 10 days) with little advance notice.
   
   + Comfortable in both plant and office environments
   
   + Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, across various levels of the organization.
   
   + Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders to deliver results.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right efficiency engineer for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with efficiency engineers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit efficiency engineers who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

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   • Post your efficiency engineer job on Zippia to find and recruit efficiency engineer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
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6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with efficiency engineer candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new efficiency engineer

   Once you've selected the best efficiency engineer candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new efficiency engineer. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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