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