Chemical Engineer JOB DESCRIPTION GUIDE

Chemical Engineer Salary Guide

Looking to hire top talent or advance your career? Our expertly researched salary guide for 2024 provides valuable insights into Oil and Gas positions!

Chemical Engineer Core Duties and Qualifications

A chemical engineer working in the oil and gas industries designs, optimizes and monitors processes for exploring extracting converting and creating hydrocarbon products. It involves defining the ways for organizing the flow of the primary materials, defining and meeting the safety and environmental requirements and enhancing the effectiveness of the operations.

Chemical engineers work together with other engineering professionals to analyze problems affecting production processes, improve the capacity of production, and adopt the technology that propels performance and efficiency.

Desired Profile For A Chemical Engineer

Roles and Duties

Chemical engineers have a critical responsibility for enhancing performance and pushing for new strategies and solutions across the oil and gas industry while performing the following duties and responsibilities outlined by the top oil and gas companies in UAE:
  • Plan and implement efficient techniques to extract, transform and manufacture hydrocarbons.
  • Establish and be responsible for chemical treatment and waste control programs.
  • Compliance with the local safety and environmental requirements in process operation.
  • Check the performance of the process and introduce changes in order to improve the result.
  • Work together with engineers and technicians to identify and solve operational problems.
  • Utilization of efficient technological inventions in the field of sustainable operations.
  • Make a risk evaluation, and create some safety procedures.
  • Write technical reports and convey the conclusions to the users.

Qualifications And Certifications

Below are the requirement and qualification approved by the key oil and gas companies in UAE.
  • Required bachelor’s degree or equivalent in
    • Chemical engineering
    • Thermodynamics
    • Fluid mechanics
    • Related field
  • Master’s degree in chemical engineering, or related field is preferred.
  • License of Professional Engineer (PE).
  • Professional certifications of Certified Chemical Engineer (CCE), Certified Process Engineer (CPE), Certified Energy Engineer (CEE), Chartered Chemical Engineer, and others are suggested.

Skills And Expertise

Below is the skills set and experience required by the top oil and gas companies in the UAE:

  • 8 — 12 years of professional experience in chemical engineering, plant operations, or other related roles.
  • Knowledge of process simulation software like ASPEN, HYSYS, etc.
  • Organizational skills.
  • Problem solving and decision making ability.
  • Good communication and negotiations skills.
  • Leadership and team management skills.
  • Attention to detail.

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