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