Tool liaison vs production engineer

The differences between tool liaisons and production 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 production engineer. Additionally, a production engineer has an average salary of $89,727, which is higher than the $83,524 average annual salary of a tool liaison.

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

Tool liaison vs production engineer overview

	Tool Liaison	Production Engineer
Yearly salary	$83,524	$89,727
Hourly rate	$40.16	$43.14
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	13,025	94,789
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Tool liaison vs production engineer salary

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

	Tool Liaison	Production Engineer
Average salary	$83,524	$89,727
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $163,000	Between $64,000 And $125,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cheniere Energy
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between tool liaison and production engineer education

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

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

Tool liaison vs production engineer demographics

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

	Tool Liaison	Production Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 86.7% Female, 13.3%
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, 10.5% Asian, 15.4% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between tool liaison and production 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.

Production engineer example responsibilities.

Prepare tooling and gauging for CNC turning centers, manage the tooling cabinets, and rapport with vendors for tool sharpening.
Complete DMAIC project and 8D that lead to the resolution of vibration issue, project result in a $2M save.
Lead work cells to become a team; Harmonize/unite/motivate assembly personnel using Kaizen approach.
Lead several independent, cross-functional projects and improve manufacturing quality, reduce cost, ensure environment are supported and FDA compliant.
Install new filtration systems for aluminum boring machine centers.
Have prepared and used FMEA, PPAP documents and perform MSA studies.

Tool liaison vs production engineer skills

Common tool liaison skills

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

Common production engineer skills

Java, 9%
Continuous Improvement, 7%
Lean Manufacturing, 5%
Sigma, 4%
Technical Support, 4%
Process Control, 4%