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