Chemical research engineer vs refinery process engineer

Differences between chemical research engineer and refinery process engineer duties and responsibilities

Chemical research engineer example responsibilities.

• Prepare research proposals for the synthesis of small molecules to attain designate department goals.
• Support projects with detail analysis including SEM, spectroscopy, etc.
• Observe modified surfaces of nanofibrils cellulose with scanning electron microscope (SEM).
• Synthesize and characterize colloidal room-temperature ferromagnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles.
• Help develop new products, produce data and run experiments.
• Process NMR data both manually and electronically to find coupling constants and other information relevant to elucidation of the chemical structure.

Refinery process engineer example responsibilities.

• Design & manage small cap projects up to $500K involving fluid systems & heat exchange and PSM.
• Lead and assist maintenance in resolving equipment malfunctions, troubleshoot process problems, and organize and implement preventative maintenance procedures.
• Supervise and train operation personnel in the safe operation of 27,000 BPD oil refinery.
• Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
• Optimize and troubleshoot various distillation columns.
• Maintain responsibility for manufacturing large-scale inorganic chemical synthesis.
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