A chemical development engineer creates and develops industrial processes and plant to make the products on which modern society depends. These products include fuels and energy, food and drink, clean water, artificial fibers, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics and toiletries. They may focus on one or more of the following: researching new products from trial through to commercialization.
Managing scale-up processes from pilot plant to full industrial-scale manufacturing; improving product lines; developing and modifying the manufacturing and processing plant that produces the products; and designing and commissioning new plants. Protecting the environment and safety are significant concerns for chemical development engineers. Typical activities are extremely diverse, depending on the role.
But may include working closely with process chemists and control engineers to ensure the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels and efficient running of the production facility, designing plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, whilst considering environmental and economic aspects applying new technologies.
Examples of work activities relating to specific sectors include: undertaking small and intermediate-scale manufacturing and packaging activities in pharmaceutical product development for clinical trial purposes, developing new methods of safe nuclear energy production, including projects such as conceptual design, simulation and construction of test rigs, and detailed design and operations support.
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