Mine engineering superintendent vs engineering manager

The differences between mine engineering superintendents and engineering managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes More than 10 years to become both a mine engineering superintendent and an engineering manager. Additionally, an engineering manager has an average salary of $139,328, which is higher than the $107,167 average annual salary of a mine engineering superintendent.

The top three skills for a mine engineering superintendent include dry docking, lean manufacturing and technical management. The most important skills for an engineering manager are java, project management, and continuous improvement.

Mine engineering superintendent vs engineering manager overview

	Mine Engineering Superintendent	Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$107,167	$139,328
Hourly rate	$51.52	$66.98
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	64,473	67,124
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Mine engineering superintendent vs engineering manager salary

Mine engineering superintendents and engineering managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mine Engineering Superintendent	Engineering Manager
Average salary	$107,167	$139,328
Salary range	Between $72,000 And $158,000	Between $99,000 And $195,000
Highest paying City	San Ramon, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Nevada	California
Best paying company	Chevron	Mixpanel
Best paying industry	Energy	Automotive

Differences between mine engineering superintendent and engineering manager education

There are a few differences between a mine engineering superintendent and an engineering manager in terms of educational background:

	Mine Engineering Superintendent	Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Mine engineering superintendent vs engineering manager demographics

Here are the differences between mine engineering superintendents' and engineering managers' demographics:

	Mine Engineering Superintendent	Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 96.0% Female, 4.0%	Male, 92.6% Female, 7.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian, 11.7% White, 71.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.2% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mine engineering superintendent and engineering manager duties and responsibilities

Mine engineering superintendent example responsibilities.

Manage QA for research orient development efforts and for high visibility, production focuse development efforts tie to revenue generation.
Work with application and other infrastructure teams to facilitate application on-boarding, testing, move-ups, and user security infrastructure integration.
Coordinate the ECO process, tasks include prioritization, implementation, review, and release using MatrixOne PDM.
Utilize Kaizen events to measure facilities current performance and help identify other opportunities.

Engineering manager example responsibilities.

Lead design and manage development of voice-processing system's SNMP device agent and Java management application.
Manage multiple teams of UNIX engineers and software developers.
Achieve the highest ROI of any of the company's online or offline marketing channels.
Manage geotechnical, environmental, and survey consultants in connection with due diligence for new stores.
Manage tool implementation on change, problem, configuration management, product structure, and visualization processes.
Lead cross-functional team to track and address end-of-life component issues, which greatly reduce line shortages or stoppages.Sr.

Mine engineering superintendent vs engineering manager skills

Common mine engineering superintendent skills

Dry Docking, 15%
Lean Manufacturing, 14%
Technical Management, 11%
Construction Projects, 11%
Facilitate Repair, 9%
Construction Management, 6%

Common engineering manager skills

Java, 11%
Project Management, 7%
Continuous Improvement, 6%
Software Development, 4%
C++, 4%
UL, 4%

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