Tool liaison vs process engineer

The differences between tool liaisons and process engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a tool liaison and a process engineer. Additionally, a tool liaison has an average salary of $83,524, which is higher than the $82,443 average annual salary of a process engineer.

The top three skills for a tool liaison include jigs, CATIA and design requests. The most important skills for a process engineer are continuous improvement, sigma, and lean manufacturing.

Tool liaison vs process engineer overview

	Tool Liaison	Process Engineer
Yearly salary	$83,524	$82,443
Hourly rate	$40.16	$39.64
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	13,025	66,937
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Tool liaison vs process engineer salary

Tool liaisons and process engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tool Liaison	Process Engineer
Average salary	$83,524	$82,443
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $163,000	Between $62,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	-	Rio Rancho, NM
Highest paying state	-	New Mexico
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between tool liaison and process engineer education

There are a few differences between a tool liaison and a process engineer in terms of educational background:

	Tool Liaison	Process Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Chemical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Tool liaison vs process engineer demographics

Here are the differences between tool liaisons' and process engineers' demographics:

	Tool Liaison	Process Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 69.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 15.6% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between tool liaison and process engineer duties and responsibilities

Tool liaison example responsibilities.

Apply for and achieve ISO certification.
Manage implementation of these solutions with hangar managers, inspectors, technicians, vendors, and OEM's.
Review changes and issues utilizing CATIA and VPM.
Design work are produced both on paper and on CATIA V4.
Collaborate with CMM equipment in the inspection of inventory shipments, ensuring all materials comply with government quality requirements and specifications.
Perform some QA inspections with raw sheet material for customer qualifications and cost saving projects.

Process engineer example responsibilities.

Lead KAIZEN projects to eliminate waste categories stemming from corrugation process.
Create and manage SharePoint sites for teams to collaborate on the work.
Lead and participate in KAIZEN events, IQ, OQ, PQ activities, set-up reduction techniques.
Lead a team, scheduling, resource planning, to create 120 catheters on schedule for a clinical trial.
Manage the operated and non-operate AFE process from implementation to cost allocation.
Obtain referrals, track hospitalized patients, interface with manage care intermediaries/medical personnel.

Tool liaison vs process engineer skills

Common tool liaison skills

Jigs, 56%
CATIA, 29%
Design Requests, 16%

Common process engineer skills

Continuous Improvement, 8%
Sigma, 5%
Lean Manufacturing, 5%
Project Management, 5%
Troubleshoot, 4%
Lean Six Sigma, 3%