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What do project engineers do in EPC companies? is this job suited for chemical engineers?

• i recently got a job offer from JGC as a project engineer. currently, i am a process engineer in a petrochemical plant which will start up in a few months. i love my job right now even though i am just a project employee. should i accept the offer or not? will i be able to attain the growth as a chemical engineer in an EPC company rather in a petrochem plant? thanks.

• Answer:

  I assume by EPC you mean Engineering, Procurement and Construction. Then it might be similar to my situation as a ChemEng grad now 19 years in Environmental. Environmental is almost all Civils and geologists. So they know rocks and reinforced concrete. Whoop-te-do! I know heat exchange, chemical reactors, energy balances, etc. All much more suited to analyzing any cutting-edge approaches. At a petrochemical plant, probably only a ChemEng will end up as a the managering engineer. (But do you really want to be magagerial versus technical? Some people do, some don't). As a ChemEng in a sea of Civil, Mechanicals, and Structurals, there will be problems that you can solve best. So it is a way to stand out. Any schooling only gives you 10-20% of what you need on the job. The other 80% you learn on the job. So there is no reason you can't become adapt at Civil, etc. I did. No one much cares if you have professional registration as a Chemical, at least not in most of the USA. Civil (especially), mechanical and structural matter though. Big things don't get built without them signing off. If you can get in, you can use practical experience in any of those disciplines to sit for the corresponding PE exam. I did. Civil PE in two states without ever taking a Civil class. But you love your job. Loving your job is WAY more important that apparent advancement opportunities. The happy, productive worker is much more likely to advance than someone who is in the wrong setting. Sorry, no simple answer, but I hope that helps a little.