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Job Description
Design chemical plant equipment and devise processes for manufacturing chemicals and products, such as gasoline, synthetic rubber, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp, by applying principles and technology of chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2041.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 105,420.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 50.00
- Currently, there are 31,990 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Chemical Engineers
- Scientist
- Refinery Process Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Process Development Engineer
- Process Control Engineer
- Engineering Scientist
- Engineer
- Development Engineer
- Weapons Engineer
- Weapons Designer
- Technical Supervisor
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Sand Technologist
- Sand Analyst
- Research Chemical Engineer
- Processes Chemical Design Engineer
- Process Development Director
- Process Design Engineer
- Process Design Chemical Engineer
- Polymerization Supervisor
- Polymerization Engineer
- Poly Area Supervisor
- Plastics Engineer
- Plant Engineer
- Pharmaceutical Process Engineer
- Oxidation Engineer
- Nanotechnologist
- Monomer Recovery Supervisor
- Lubricating Engineer
- Gas Combustion Engineer
- Fuels Engineer
- Explosives Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Commissioning Engineer
- Chemical Test Engineer
- Chemical Research Engineer
- Chemical Process Engineer
- Chemical Process Control, Design, or Development Engineer
- Chemical Engineer
- Blending Coordinator
- Automation Engineer
- Absorption and Adsorption Engineer
Tasks for “Chemical Engineer”
- Troubleshoot problems with chemical manufacturing processes.
- Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
- Develop safety procedures to be employed by workers operating equipment or working in close proximity to ongoing chemical reactions.
- Design measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and in pilot plant operations.
- Develop processes to separate components of liquids or gases or generate electrical currents, using controlled chemical processes.
- Perform laboratory studies of steps in manufacture of new products and test proposed processes in small-scale operation, such as a pilot plant.
- Prepare estimate of production costs and production progress reports for management.
- Perform tests and monitor performance of processes throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables such as temperature, density, specific gravity, and pressure.
- Direct activities of workers who operate or are engaged in constructing and improving absorption, evaporation, or electromagnetic equipment.
- Conduct research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
- Design and plan layout of equipment.
- Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
Related Technology & Tools
- Mixing tanks
- Wet scrubbers
- Vacuum pumps
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Lyophilizers
- Heat exchangers
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Catalytic reactors
- Mass spectrometers
- Safety goggles
- Atomic force microscopes
- Benchtop mixers
- Filtration systems
- Vial handling systems
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Laboratory evaporaters
- Agitators
- Surface analysis spectroscopes
- Gas absorbers
- Distillation systems
- Plate filter presses
- Sludge dryers
- Personal computers
- Powder mixing equipment
- Chromatographic scanning equipment
- Distillation columns
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
- Chempute Software ChemDraw
- Cerebro CerebroMix
- Chempute Software E-Notebook
- Microsoft Office
- ChemicaLogic SteamTab
- CD-adapco STAR-CAD
- Microsoft Visual C# .NET
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- EPCON International SYSTEM 7 Process Explorer
- C
- AspenTech aspenONE for Chemicals
- Prode PD-Plus
- Madison Technical Software Chempak Plus
- CAD/CAM
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Project
- Madison Technical Software Enviropak
- Presentation software
- Chemstations CHEMCAD
- Chempute Software EstPro
- Spreadsheet software
- Applied Flow Technology AFT Arrow
- G&P Engineering Software PipeDrop
- Statistical software
- Chempute Software Engineer's Aide SINET
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- SoftLab PHEdesign
- Absorption process simulation software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Structured query language SQL
- Relational database software
- EPCON International CHEMPRO Engineering Suite
- Applied Flow Technology AFT Fathom
- EPCON International SiNET
- Thermal Analysis Systems The Energy Analyst
- Control Station ENGINEER
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP
- Chempute Software VisiMix
- Desktop publishing software
- PTC Creo Parametric
- C++
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Chempute Software SuperPro Designer
- Minitab
- GE Fanuc Proficy Machine Edition
- Madison Technical Software Steampak
- Microsoft Access
- G&P Engineering Software PhysProps
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- G&P Engineering Software EngVert
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS