I'm technically an Industrial Engineer, though my formal education and much of my experience is primarily in transportation management and traffic engineering. My degree is actually a Business degree.
My current work is in the railroad industry. I do a wide variety of statistical analysis and computer simulation modeling (and, on occasion some Lean/Kaizen tools) on an equally wide variety of subjects ranging from traffic flow patterns to locomotive maintenance intervals to infrastructure inspections. So the job is interesting in that I'm always working on something different that requires extensively learning about something new.
This particular job in this particular industry doesn't take much to get into since the rail industry is pretty desperate for fresh blood. Any engineering degree (Mechanical or Industrial preferred) will get you in the door. Even without one (like myself) a demonstrated penchant for efficiency and analysis will suffice.
