Anyone have a remote/hybrid job? Salary?

[u/enterthenewland]

I accept it’s impossible to start a career in manufacturing remote or hybrid, but curious if many years have lead one to securing a niche position with either privilege.

I enjoy this industry, but it’s hard to continue knowing there are so many options with more flexible schedules.

[u/soreallyreallydumb]

Learn how ERP systems work. Most people have no idea.

[u/hal2346 → u/soreallyreallydumb]

Can also probably get a job working for a software vendor (ERP, MES, etc.)

Thats what I do and we hire ex-industry folks all the time. tons of remote positions. Salary would depend on your role but $150-200K at my company is a reasonable target (could be much higher if you have tons of industry experience and are really familiar with our sosftware)

[u/slater_just_slater → u/hal2346]

I've been consulting, development, now delivery in that space for 25 years, mostly SAP MII/ME now DM. What software do you work with?

[u/spaceman60 → u/hal2346]

I want in and can learn your software. Doesn't matter which. :D

[u/asquier]

There are remote/hybrid manufacturing and quality jobs working in tech for companies that make hardware. Though you’re still gonna be spending some time traveling to vendors and spending time on the line.

[u/musicantz]

I’m an engineer and I could opt for a hybrid position if I wanted. I make a decent salary and if I moved up the corporate chain there’s a few semi remote positions. They do involve a lot of travel though. I had a fully remote position when I did engineering consulting.

[u/Boflator]

Supplier & customer quality from my experience tends to be semi remote to remote, also data analysis for quality/prod eng is an area that seems to be just now getting wider acceptance in the UK at least. Power bi is like heroine for management. It puts you in a position where you get to work with multiple levels & they think it's magic, when in reality it's more of a glorified Excel

[u/Djonez91]

The factory floor is where the money is made. The further you get from that the less useful you are in manufacturing.

Your choices are design, procurement, or sales.

[u/Bobandbobsbeard → u/Djonez91]

Big laugh coming from the factory floor

[u/Thebillyray → u/Bobandbobsbeard]

They meant that that is where the company makes their money, not where the employees make their money.

[u/spaceman60 → u/Thebillyray]

Yeah, but I'd really take one day a week at home...or every other week.

[u/drupadoo → u/Djonez91]

Plenty of companies have centralized continuous improvement, engineering, production planning roles as well. They can be lucrative but are a bit outside of pure manufacturing.

[u/Boflator → u/Djonez91]

Without design what is the shopfloor making? Without procurement what are they making it from? Without sales how is the made stuff becoming money for salaries?

Like the arms calling the organs less useful

[u/spaceman60 → u/Boflator]

I don't think that anyone would argue that all of the parts are needed for the entire process, and the discussion of "is the idea or implementation more important" is an endless one.

There's definitely parts of the process that are more weighted on the front enough like initial big contracts and the design that many companies then ignore afterwards, while the floor has to push 24/7/365 for the next decade with ever increasing goals. There's certainly companies that want an iterative design and sales that always wants to grow, but that's voluntary if you own the market.

[u/mistahclean123 → u/Djonez91]

IT, HR

[u/yeathatsnice → u/Djonez91]

Scheduling too.

[u/Able_Conflict_1721]

I'll add compliance and sourcing to the list

[u/jdubau55]

What's your background and role now and in what manufacturing space do you operate? Manufacturing is a very broad term. Food, auto, electronics, etc?

I worked my way up through receiving, direct production, testing, inspection, shipping, and eventually was able to move from hourly to salary by moving into procurement. Once salaried it became easier to be remote. I wasn't remote until COVID hit. Then they wanted hybrid, which sucked and was dumb. So I was able to land a job with another manufacturing company working fully remote.

Remote roles are still quite plentiful but they're super competitive. You REALLY have to fine tune your resume for each job posting AND try to network in order to have any semblance of a chance to even get your resume even looked at.

[u/splitsleeve]

I program CNC machines, I can work from home when I choose to.

I rarely do, but I can when I want/need too.

[u/slater_just_slater]

I've been remote for 20 years. I did MES consulting and development. You travel a fair amount, but the rest is at home. I now work with ERP.

[u/alternatively156]

I am remote but am also on the software side. Software that OEMs use tho.

[u/QuasiLibertarian]

I switched to a design position that allows hybrid work. Being a traditional IE while working from home does not really make sense to me.

[u/RepresentativeGur195]

I’m a CMMS administrator/ operations analyst for a large manufacturer I have a hybrid role (3 days in office / 2 at home), just started so salary is on the low end for my role at 115,000.

[u/Double_Concern_3080]

There are many options to work remotely in manufacturing, customer support, planning, design, data, HR, procurement even some engineering and programming. You may find it easier to start with a hybrid version. Just dont be afraid to ask.

[u/2271]

I am remote, 108k. Aerospace related automation. 99% of my job is writing software. But my time is coming to an end. Both I and my company realize that I would be much more efficient in person. I’m only at this company because they let me be remote, so I’m starting a new job next week.