Plastics engineers are constantly busy as they deal with people at all levels and phases of the manufacturing process. Dress codes may be formal because plastics engineers interact with customers frequently during the course of a day. Engineers may be required to work more than a standard eight-hour day and also some Saturdays when a specific project is on a deadline. Research or test laboratories, which are clean, quiet, air-conditioned, and well lighted. High safety standards are uniformly observed. Plastics engineers may work directly with design materials in a laboratory or sit at a computer in an office. They may spend some hours working alone, as well as some hours working as part of a team. They may only be involved in certain aspects of a project, or they may work on a project from the original design to final testing of a product.
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