CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Karikalan MASILAMANI – Head of Engineering, Indczech

Table of contents

• Chemical Engineering Career

• Industrial Job Opportunity
• Career Options
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CAREER
Chemical Engineering Career
Roles of Chemical Engineers
• Conduct Research to develop new and improved manufacturing
processes
• Perform Process Simulations and generate Process Flow Schemes
• Perform Design Calcuations and generate drawings
• Conduct tests and monitor the performance of processes
• Troubleshoot problems within manufacturing processes
• Evaluate processes to ensure compliance with safety and
environmental regulations
• Estimate production costs
Chemical Engineering Career
Job Profile for Chemical Engineers
• Operation / Production Engineer (Manufacturing)
• Optimisation Engineer (Manufacturing & Engineering)
• Debottlenecking Engineer (Manufacturing & Engineering)
• Safety Engineer (Manufacturing & Engineering)
• Process Engineer (Engineering)
• Project Engineer (EPC Companies)
• Costing Engineer (EPC Companies)
• Research Engineer (R&D)
• Quality Control Engineer (Laboratories)
Chemical Engineering Career
Relevant Industries
• Oil & Gas (Upstream & Downstream)
• Refinery & Petrochemicals
• Fertilisers & Industrial Chemicals
• Mining, Cement & Coal
• Steel & Inorganic metals
• Food, Beverages & Cosmetics
• Paints, adhesives & additives
• Pulp & paper
• Power generation
• Water Treatment
• Renewables
• Electronics & Nuclear
INDUSTRIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Job Opportunity
Job Demand:
• Demand for chemical engineers who can excel in critical problem-
solving and can work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Demand for consultants, facility and process engineers.
• Demand for environmentalists dealing with environmental
sustainability,
 Cleaner ways to produce
 Optimise energy consumption
 Job Opportunity
Manufacturing Companies in India
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) • Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited
(BRPL)
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
• Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL)
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
• Guru Gobind Singh Refineries Limited (GGSRL)
• Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
• Travancore Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
• Pyrites, Phosphates & Chemicals Limited
• Reliance Petroleum Limited
• Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited
• Essar Oil Limited
• Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited
• Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
• Bihar Drugs & Organic Chemicals Limited
• Oil India Limited (OIL)
• Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
• Tata Petrodyne
• Tamilnadu Petroproducts
• Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)
• Manali Petrochemicals
• Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited
(GSPC) • Coromandel Fertiliser
• Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited • Kothari Petrochemicals
Job Opportunity

Manufacturing Companies Abroad

• Shell
• BP (British Petroleum)
• Chevron
• Exxon Mobil
• Total
• Petronas
• Aramco
• ADNOC
Activities:
 Exploration and Production (Subsurface & Surface facilities)
 Surface operations
 Pipelines
CAREER OPTIONS
Career Options
Oil and Gas - Energy
• Engineering , Procurement and Construction Companies
• Engineering Consultants (Concept, FEED and Detailed
Engineering)
• Construction Companies
Engineering Companies in
Major EPC Companies in
India
India
• Engineers India Limited
• Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
• TechnipFMC
• AFCONS
• Saipem
• Bridge & Roof
• McDermott
• Aker Solutions
• Petrofac
• IndCzech
Career Options
Bio-Technology
Work on microorganisms to be used in applications, such as
 Degrading wastes (Plastic Degrading Bacteria)
 Converting waste to useful products.
Chief recruiters:
 TATA chemicals,
 Galaxy Surfactants Ltd,
 Sumitomo Chemical Ltd etc
Career Options

Genetic Farming and Consumer Goods

Chemica Engineers study:
 Genetic modification of fruits and vegetables
 Attempt to increase yields
The career includes :
 Researching methods of making agriculture more environment
friendly,
 Trying new methods of processing waste and conserving soil and
water.
Career Options
Green Processes
Green technology celebrating achievements in
 Sustainable Development
 Water Management
 Energy Efficiency.

Green process engineer will

 Develop environmental friendly products,
 Select processes that minimize pollution,
 Use less hazardous materials
 Develop alternate methods.

Meet emerging laws and regulations.

 Career Options
Chemical Informatics
Chemical informatics - Application of information technology to chemistry.
Major aspects of chemical informatics are:
 Information acquisition
 Information management
 Information use
 Chemical computation
 Biopharmaceutical computation.

Cheminformatics applied to data analysis for various industries like

 Oi and Gas
 Paper
 Pulp
 Dyes
 Other industries
Career Options
Higher Studies and Research
Master’s in Chemical Engineering while specializing in any one of its sub
disciplines such as

 Catalysis and Reaction engineering,

 Polymers and Complex fluids,
 Molecular Simulations,
 Biochemical and Bioprocess engineering

Areas where chemical engineers are leading the way;

 Energy Storage
 Zero Water Strategies
 Alternative Food Design
 Disposal Textiles Design
Career Options

Components of a Successful Career

• Problem-solving.
• Math-minded.
• Creativity.
• Self-Assurance.
• IT literate.