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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
- Engineering Scientist
- Engineer
- Development Engineer
- Chemical 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
- Process Control 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
- Blending Coordinator
- Automation Engineer
- Absorption and Adsorption Engineer
Tasks for “Process Control Engineer”
- Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
- Develop processes to separate components of liquids or gases or generate electrical currents, using controlled chemical processes.
- Troubleshoot problems with chemical manufacturing processes.
- Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
- Design and plan layout of equipment.
- Conduct research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
- Develop safety procedures to be employed by workers operating equipment or working in close proximity to ongoing chemical reactions.
- 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.
- Design measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and in pilot plant operations.
- Prepare estimate of production costs and production progress reports for management.
- Direct activities of workers who operate or are engaged in constructing and improving absorption, evaporation, or electromagnetic equipment.
- Perform laboratory studies of steps in manufacture of new products and test proposed processes in small-scale operation, such as a pilot plant.
Related Technology & Tools
- Catalytic reactors
- Benchtop mixers
- Heat exchangers
- Gas absorbers
- Lyophilizers
- Powder mixing equipment
- Wet scrubbers
- Agitators
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Mixing tanks
- Personal computers
- Surface analysis spectroscopes
- Atomic force microscopes
- Filtration systems
- Plate filter presses
- Vacuum pumps
- Safety goggles
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Vial handling systems
- Sludge dryers
- Mass spectrometers
- Distillation columns
- Laboratory evaporaters
- Chromatographic scanning equipment
- Distillation systems
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Madison Technical Software Steampak
- Madison Technical Software Chempak Plus
- Desktop publishing software
- Control Station ENGINEER
- EPCON International CHEMPRO Engineering Suite
- Chempute Software VisiMix
- Chempute Software SuperPro Designer
- Microsoft Office
- Chemstations CHEMCAD
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Relational database software
- Applied Flow Technology AFT Fathom
- EPCON International SYSTEM 7 Process Explorer
- Chempute Software ChemDraw
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- ChemicaLogic SteamTab
- Microsoft Visio
- Chempute Software EstPro
- GE Fanuc Proficy Machine Edition
- Structured query language SQL
- G&P Engineering Software EngVert
- EPCON International SiNET
- AspenTech aspenONE for Chemicals
- SAP
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Statistical software
- Applied Flow Technology AFT Arrow
- Chempute Software Engineer's Aide SINET
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
- Chempute Software E-Notebook
- Microsoft Project
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Cerebro CerebroMix
- CAD/CAM
- Minitab
- C
- CD-adapco STAR-CAD
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- SoftLab PHEdesign
- Presentation software
- Microsoft Access
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- G&P Engineering Software PipeDrop
- C++
- Microsoft Visual C# .NET
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Absorption process simulation software
- Spreadsheet software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Thermal Analysis Systems The Energy Analyst
- Prode PD-Plus
- Madison Technical Software Enviropak
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- G&P Engineering Software PhysProps