Profile:
Junior Chemical and Biochemical Engineer
Functions:
The Junior Chemical and Biochemical Engineer trained in the three-year degree is a professional who works in various industrial sectors in the operational management of plants, systems, processes or services based on the use of chemical-physical, biochemical and microbiological transformations in a context of sustainability environmental, economic and safety. The relevant industrial sectors are the chemical, oil, energy, biotechnology and biochemical, pharmaceutical, agri-food, materials sectors, often characterized by the presence of large industrial groups operating internationally.
Only for some types of freelance activities, graduates may be required to pass the national qualification exam to register in the specific section of the Board of engineers.
Among the main activities carried out by the chemical engineer and junior biochemist it is worth mentioning the following:
- participation in the management of production and transformation processes based on the use of chemical, biochemical and microbiological technologies;
- collaboration in the management and operation of industrial plants for chemical, biotechnological, biochemical, food and pharmaceutical industries, for the production, distribution and use of fuels and biofuels, of energy and for the treatment of waste water and waste;
- participation in the management and operation of plants for the depollution, for the treatment of fumes and emissions from combustion processes, for waste disposal, for water purification and for the remediation of polluted soils with chemical-physical, biochemical and microbiological technologies.
It is worth pointing out that better and more important opportunities for professional growth and expansion of skills, specialization, and management of high professional responsibilities in all sectors of the processing and transformation industry previously listed can only be achieved by integrating training through the achievement of a 2nd cycle degree, or anyway through further training activities such as professional 1st level university master courses.
A high capacity for autonomous management of complex problems will be achieved with the attendance of a PhD course and the achievement of the relevant academic qualification.
Skills:
The main competences of the chemical engineer and junior are:
- knowledge of the theoretical, logical and formal aspects of mathematics and of the three basic sciences, chemistry, physics and biology, aimed at the interpretation and mathematical description of the chemical-physical, biochemical and microbiological transformations involved in the technological and biotechnological processes of engineering ;
- knowledge of the general principles of structural mechanics and electrical engineering;
- in-depth knowledge of the subject areas of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat and matter transport phenomena, and unit operations;
- knowledge of industrial processes and productions in both traditional (chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas) and innovative sectors (biotechnologies, materials, water purification, soil and air)
- ability to work profitably in a group to identify, formulate and solve complex problems of the relevant disciplinary field;
- ability to participate in the management of complex and/or innovative systems, processes and services;
- ability to organize independent learning of related or related problems in the field of chemical and biochemical engineering
- communication skills in the specific professional field
- application and context knowledge.
Professional opportunities:
Among the main professional outlets of the three-year chemical and biochemical engineers we can list:
- Oil and petrochemical companies
- Bio-refineries
- Chemical and agro-food companies
- Electronic companies
- Energy companies
- Companies for the production of materials
- Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies
- Industrial and research laboratories.