Campos de atuação e mercado de trabalho dos egressos do curso de engenharia de produção (UNIPAMPA)

Abstract

Production Engineering is a branch of activity in which professionals meet technological and resource management demands in different áreas, having connection in several areas within the companies. The same course has training in the basic disciplines of the exact sciences and in specific engineering disciplines, such as logistics, operational research and computer logic, as well as those correlated to disciplines in the fields of administration, sociology and economics. The Production Engineering course at Universidade Federal do Pampa, encompasses a wide range of knowledge for human resource management, financial and material in order to increase the productivity of an organization. The main motivation of this study is the investigation and analysis of the scenario of professional performance of graduates of the Production Engineering course (UNIPAMPA) in the last decade. In this context, the present work aims to map the fields of activity of graduates of the Production Engineering course (UNIPAMPA), verifying the relevance of academic and professional experiences during the training period. Therefore, the research method is qualitative and quantitative, whose data collection will be carried out through survey questionnaires and interviews with students who graduated from the aforementioned course. The research was carried out in July and August 2023, where an electronic form was sent to all graduates of the course from 2019 to 2023, totaled a population of 97 graduated students. It can be highlighted that the majority of graduates participated in extension projects, internships in public organizations and formal professional experiences in services and industry. It is concluded that the choices of the path taken during the graduation period are relevant and impactful and that graduates who are in the job market during the graduation period, gained experience, not facing barriers. As a suggestion for future research, interviews with graduates are suggested, thus going in depth on issues relating to the barriers and levers for professional success in Production Engineering.