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