A chemical engineer is concerned in the development of business processes for the production of a various spread of products, as well as in commodity and specialty chemicals.Applicable industries include oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, foods and drinks, plastics and toiletries.Modern chemical engineering is also engaged with pathfinding valuable new materials and strategies ,eg nanotechnology, fuel cells and biomed engineering.

The job may target several of the following : researching fresh products from trial thru to exploitation ; managing scale-up processes from plant to full industrial-scale producing ; improving products ; modifying the processing plant that produces the products ; and planning and commissioning new plants.

Common work activities Classic activities are extremely various, dependent on the task, but may include :

* working alongside process chemists and control engineers to guarantee the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels and efficient running of the production resource
* designing plant and equipment configuration so they can be promptly changed to match the product offering and the method technologies concerned, taking environmental and industrial aspects into account
* creating scale-up and scale-down processes including acceptable changes to clobber design and configuration
* considering options for plant growth or reconfiguration by creating and testing process simulation models
* planning, installing and commissioning new production plants, including monitoring developments and problem-solving
* improving production by analysing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies
* applying new technologies
* guaranteeing that potential safety points relating to the project operator, the environment, the method and the product are regarded as at all stages. Examples of work activities in particular sectors include
* undertaking little and intermediate-scale producing and packing activities in pharmaceutical product development for clinical trial purposes
* developing new techniques of safe nuclear power generation, including projects like conceptual design, simulation and development of test rigs, and detailed design and operations support.