Chemical Engineer Jobs in Des Plaines, IL

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Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Chemical Engineer positions.

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

• Catalysis
• CHEMCAD
• Communication Skills
• Computer Skills
• Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
• Design of Experiments
• Distillation
• Documentation
• Education Experience
• Engineering
• Environmental Health & Safety
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Handling
• Hazardous Materials
• HAZOP
• Heat Transfer
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Instrumentation
• Inventory Management
• Investigation
• Leadership
• Management
• Mass Transfer
• Materials Management
• Materials Science
• Math
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Military Background
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Organization
• Packaging
• Pharmaceutical Sales
• Polymer Chemistry
• Presentation
• Problem Solving
• Process Controls
• Process Design
• Process Development
• Process Engineering
• Process Safety Management
• Process Simulation
• Quality Assurance
• Raw Materials
• Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Reporting
• Research and Development
• Research Skills
• Sampling
• Scale-Up
• Scheduling
• Software
• Specifications
• Staff Supervision
• Standard Operating Procedures
• Synthesis
• Teaching
• Teamwork
• Thermodynamics
• Training and Development
• Troubleshooting
• Water Treatment

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