Industrial Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Maine

Industrial production managers can find many career and educational opportunities in Maine. For industrial production managers in Maine, the job pool currently sits at 670 and is expected to fall by 12 percent to 610 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to decline seven percent, indicating the state decline for industrial production managers is more severe than the national trend. In general, industrial production managers plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

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State figures show that industrial production managers in Maine earn $40 per hour or $83,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $44 hourly or $91,000 per year on average.

Maine, also known as the Pine Tree State, has a population of 1,318,301. It has seen its population grow by 3.4 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Augusta. There were 840,874 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Maine earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $36,368, up from $35,028. The unemployment rate in Maine was 8.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.7 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 22.9 percent. This falls short of the national average.

In Maine, the top employers are in paper manufacturing, paperboard mills, direct selling establishments and fuel dealers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The White Mountain National Forest covers nearly 800,000 acres. The forest covers a landscape ranging from hardwood forests to the largest alpine area east of the Rocky Mountains. One of the unique tidbits about Maine is in Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.

Industrial Management

Industrial production managers plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

They regularly direct the production, processing and marketing efforts of industrial organizations. They also recommend processes for facility and equipment maintenance or modification.

They are required to direct the development of teams and individuals with the aim of problem solving and task completion and evaluate and judge the efficacy of solutions.

Industrial production managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and articulate ideas and problems.

In order to be successful in the workplace, industrial production managers must be reliable and want to innovate to meet new challenges.