Tool planner vs reliability engineer

The differences between tool planners and reliability engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a tool planner, becoming a reliability engineer takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a reliability engineer has an average salary of $105,551, which is higher than the $87,023 average annual salary of a tool planner.

The top three skills for a tool planner include engineering drawings, MRP and engineering blueprints. The most important skills for a reliability engineer are java, troubleshoot, and ruby.

Tool planner vs reliability engineer overview

	Tool Planner	Reliability Engineer
Yearly salary	$87,023	$105,551
Hourly rate	$41.84	$50.75
Growth rate	1%	10%
Number of jobs	21,664	44,471
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	54	42
Years of experience	6	4

Tool planner vs reliability engineer salary

Tool planners and reliability engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tool Planner	Reliability Engineer
Average salary	$87,023	$105,551
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $136,000	Between $76,000 And $144,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	The Citadel
Best paying industry	-	Start-up

Differences between tool planner and reliability engineer education

There are a few differences between a tool planner and a reliability engineer in terms of educational background:

	Tool Planner	Reliability Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Business	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Tool planner vs reliability engineer demographics

Here are the differences between tool planners' and reliability engineers' demographics:

	Tool Planner	Reliability Engineer
Average age	54	42
Gender ratio	Male, 84.1% Female, 15.9%	Male, 87.5% Female, 12.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 2.5% Unknown, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Asian, 2.7% White, 84.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% Asian, 14.3% White, 66.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	4%

Differences between tool planner and reliability engineer duties and responsibilities

Tool planner example responsibilities.

Design and manage the implementation of production tooling (fixtures, jigs, gauges, cutting tools, etc . )
Introduce lean techniques through creation and implementation of ISO procedures.
Collaborate with CMM equipment in the inspection of inventory shipments, ensuring all materials comply with government quality requirements and specifications.
Fabricate metal parts from the machine shop for AH-64D.
Facilitate and moderate demand, utilizing SMED and Kaizen technologies to facilitate procurement.

Reliability engineer example responsibilities.

Lead a team of over 20 engineers responsible for implementing NASA human-rating requirements to achieve human-rating safety certification.
Manage GMP compliance, FDA audits, and the writing of [] procedures.
Achieve completion of the resistors and capacitor sections of the AVL.
Lead the implementation of utilizing SPC data for software and test set improvement initiatives.
Delegate tasks to appropriate CE specialist and manage``burn rate"to prevent cost overrun.
Design, build, and manage the entire QMS system from the ground up including re-writing all existing technical documentation.

Tool planner vs reliability engineer skills

Common tool planner skills

Engineering Drawings, 56%
MRP, 23%
Engineering Blueprints, 12%
Aircraft Production, 9%

Common reliability engineer skills

Java, 22%
Troubleshoot, 10%
Ruby, 7%
Jenkins, 5%
Azure, 4%
Debugging, 4%