Chemical Engineers
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
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.
What you’d do
- 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.
- Monitor and analyze data from processes and experiments.
- 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.
- 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.
- Conduct research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
Skills that matter
- Critical Thinking
- Science
- Complex Problem Solving
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
- Judgment and Decision Making
How to get there
Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree
Also called
- Chemical Engineer
- Development Engineer
- Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Engineering Scientist
- Process Control Engineer
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