Overview on Career Development for Fresher Chemical/Petrochemical Engineers

By- Danish Bade

Professional Background

• B.Tech Petrochemical Engineer from Dr. BATU, Lonere.

• 6 years of experience across “Chemical Process Industry” in versatile roles.

• Project Manager at Sulzer India Limited, Pune( 2010-2012)

• Many awards & recognition from organization and customers for successful completion.

• Got maximum salary increment in all years as compared to other engineers joined at the same time.

• Well-Known Reputation in Oil Refineries in India.

• Sales & Application Engineer at Sulzer India Limited, Pune (2013-2015)

• Proposal & Estimation Engineer, Honeywell Automation India Limited, Pune (2015-till date)

Objective

• Reduce the struggle of chemical engineers before entering the industry & after entering the industry

• Career Selection-How to select a perfect job ?, How to apply for the Job?, Which role to Start with?

• Understanding the work flow of Chemical Process Industry.

• Understanding the different roles Chemical/Petro Engineers are required in Chemical Process Industry.

• Reduction of “GAP” to understand how to deliver successful Interviews and work successfully in Industry.

• How to develop skills required in different job roles?

• Importance of both Soft Skills & Hard Skills.

• In depth Study Database of Chemical Industry Jobs & Way to approach concerned HR Manager of Industry.

Where do Chemical engineers Work?

Chemical Engineer

Process Software/Simu

lation Company

Detailed Engineering Contractor

Chemical Trading

Company

EPC/LSTK Organizati

on

Original Equipment Manufactu

resRefineryChemical/

Petrochemical

Plant/Pharma

Enterprise Resource Developm

ent Colleges

What is the role of Chemical Engineer?

Chemical Engineer

Purchase Engineer Operation

EngineerEntrepreneur

Project Manager

Sales & Proposal Engineer

Production Engineer

Process Design

EngineerERP

Expert, SAP,

Oracle Teachers

Typical Chemical Industry Work Flow

Customer Requirement

Sales Engineer

Project Managemen

tProcess

Engineering

Tender/ Documents.Technical Specifications.Customer Specification.

Commercial terms & Conditions

Studies the Tender documentEstimation of the Solution

Commercial Terms & ConditionsTechno-Commercial Proposal

Company Receives Order

Project Handover DocumentsPlanning of ProjectDesign ApprovalProject Execution

Project Co-ordination

Review Handover DocumentsPreparation of Drawings/Solution

Material Requirement.Customer Approval

Procurement Production Department

Quality Department

Crating/Logistic

Department

Reviews Material RequirementReviews Material Specification

Plans material receipt

Production Planning

Production Set-Up

Resource AllocationMaterial Produced

Third Party InspectionInternal Testing ReportApproval by Customer

Dispatch

Project Manager

Role of different Chemical Engineers & Skill enhancement

• Techno-Commercial Skills

• Written & Verbal Communication Skill

• Technical Know-How

• Commercial Skill

• Planning

• Finance

• Interpersonal Skill (Relationship Developing/Maintaining)

• Sales Engineer/Proposal Engineer

• Project Manager

• Process Engineer

• Production Engineer

• Procurement Engineer

• Quality Engineer

• Logistics Engineer

• Commissioning Engineer

Chemical Engineers Required Skills

Cost of Basic Engineering EducationPre-Job Expenditure

Engineering Education

Food & Accommodation

Process Related Course Finding Job Grand Total

First Year

45,000.00

30,000.00

-

-

2nd Year

47,250.00

31,500.00

-

-

3rd Year

49,612.50

33,075.00

-

-

Final Year

52,093.13

34,728.75

-

-

Post Engineering

-

45,000.00 15,000.00

Total 193,955.63

129,303.75

45,000.00

15,000.00

383,259.38

Job Selection & Campus Placements

Job Selection In a Class of 60 Students Percentage Placement

Campus Placements 15 25%

After 3rd Month 5 8.3%

After 6th month 30 50.0%

After 9th month 8 13.3%

After 12th month 2 3.3%

Time Required to Recover the ExpenditureSalary ₹ 40,000.00 ₹ 30,000.00 ₹ 25,000.00 ₹ 20,000.00 ₹ 17,500.00

Months Campus Placements 3rd Month Job 6th month 9th month 12th month

1 ₹ 40,000.00 ₹ - ₹ - ₹ - ₹ -

3 ₹ 120,000.00 ₹ 30,000.00 ₹ - ₹ - ₹ -

6 ₹ 240,000.00 ₹ 90,000.00 ₹ 25,000.00 ₹ - ₹ -

9 ₹ 360,000.00 ₹ 180,000.00 ₹ 75,000.00 ₹ 20,000.00 ₹ -

12 ₹ 480,000.00 ₹ 270,000.00 ₹ 150,000.00 ₹ 60,000.00 ₹ 17,500.00

15 ₹ 600,000.00 ₹ 360,000.00 ₹ 225,000.00 ₹ 120,000.00 ₹ 52,500.00

18 ₹ 720,000.00 ₹ 450,000.00 ₹ 300,000.00 ₹ 180,000.00 ₹ 105,000.00

21 ₹ 840,000.00 ₹ 540,000.00 ₹ 375,000.00 ₹ 240,000.00 ₹ 157,500.00

24 ₹ 960,000.00 ₹ 630,000.00 ₹ 450,000.00 ₹ 300,000.00 ₹ 210,000.00

27 ₹ 16,200,000.00 ₹ 6,480,000.00 ₹ 4,725,000.00 ₹ 360,000.00 ₹ 262,500.00

30 ₹ 18,000,000.00 ₹ 7,290,000.00 ₹ 5,400,000.00 ₹ 3,780,000.00 ₹ 315,000.00

33 ₹ 19,800,000.00 ₹ 8,100,000.00 ₹ 6,075,000.00 ₹ 4,320,000.00 ₹ 367,500.00

36 ₹ 21,600,000.00 ₹ 17,820,000.00 ₹ 13,500,000.00 ₹ 4,860,000.00 ₹ -

Conclusion from the expenditure data

• 25% campus selected students get a good deal; rest of the students have to struggle.• On an average an engineer has to struggle for 3-6 months after passing out; our motive is to reduce

this struggle time to 1-3 months.• An Engineers spends approximately INR 360,000/- for basic studies; the delay in getting job is delay

in reaching the break even point ( Recovery of expenditure).• The delay in getting job is directly affects on ones self confidence; which is of utmost importance.• 90% student struggle during first year of job; with our overview on industry this engineers already

knows about what to do in the specific job.• With basic know-how of industry flow through this course; an engineer gets better increments,

awards, recognition & confidence to do better things.

Further Course Details (Paid)Duration-4 weekends (8 days)

(Course Fee will be discussed to suite your budget)

• A detailed customized course will be developed once the interested engineers enroll for the detailed program we have face to face interaction with them.

• Course content will be as below:1. Face to Face interaction with engineers-analyze the inbuilt skills in engineers & develop course accordingly as per their

aspirations.

2. Skill enhancement-Develop skills as per the customized course prepared (Separate course for each engineer)

3. Real Project execution-From customer requirement to sales to project management, execution till successful commissioning.

4. Give Feed Back

5. Repeat step 1-3 & observe improvements.

6. Prepare improvement presentation of each engineer with strengths, skills and areas of improvement

Further Course Details (Paid)Duration-4 weekends (8 days)

7. How to talk to different stake holders?

8. Chemical Technology Know-how- In-depth understanding of each role in the chemical Industry.

9. An Overview on distillation column design technology-Trays, Packing's, Distributors etc.

10. An brief on simulation & design software's.

11. Introduction to Process Metallurgy & Material Selection

12. In-depth roles and responsibility understanding of all roles of chemical engineers.

13. A different list of companies for all engineers with relevant link & understanding of how to get shortlisted & crack the interview.

14. Guidance on which companies to start with & how to approach them to enhance career.

15. How to avoid wrong selection of Job.

16. CV Preparation-different CV content for different category of companies e.g. the CV which works for chemical plant may not work for EPC or Software company.

17. How to handle your work load & how to communicate while in industry environment.

18. Cash Flow Calculations.