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