Chemical Engineer Jobs in Des Plaines, IL

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The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Chemical Engineer position

• Affirmative Action
• Capital Projects
• Catalysis
• CHEMCAD
• Chemical Formulation
• Collaboration
• Communication Skills
• Design
• Design of Experiments
• Distillation
• Documentation
• Electrical
• Electrochemistry
• Engineering
• Environmental Compliance
• Evaluation
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
• Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
• HAZOP
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
• Implementation
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Instrumentation
• Investigation
• Leadership
• Management
• Mass Transfer
• Materials Management
• Materials Science
• Mentoring
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Oil & Gas
• Organic Chemistry
• Organization
• P&IDs
• Planning
• Polymer Chemistry
• Problem Solving
• Process Controls
• Process Design
• Process Development
• Process Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Process Optimization
• Process Safety Management
• Process Simulation
• Process Validation
• Production Engineering
• Project Management
• Purification
• Raman Spectroscopy
• Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Research and Development
• Research Skills
• Scale-Up
• Scheduling
• Software
• Specifications
• Spectroscopy
• Staff Supervision
• Synthesis
• Teaching
• Training and Development
• Troubleshooting
• Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy
• Viscosity
• Writing Skills
• Written Communication

Volunteering usually calls to mind images of people building houses, serving meals at community kitchens, cleaning up playgrounds and parks, or spending time with the elderly. While these are all worthy causes, you may not realize there are also chemist volunteer opportunities. As a chemistry professional, you have a unique knowledge base and skill set that can make a big difference – whether in a third-world country or your own neighborhood.

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