Chemicals Industry Jobs: Job-Seeking Advice

How to Get on the Chemicals Industry Job Ladder
Vital information for anyone aspiring to work in the chemicals industry, including information on the graduate programmes, recruitment schemes, training courses and employee benefits provided by the largest chemcials companies.

Interview: Richard Franklin, Lead Process Engineer, SABIC
Richard Franklin is a lead process engineer at SABIC UK. Starting as a graduate engineer in 1996, his career has taken him around the UK, USA, Far East, Middle East and India. Richard gives advice to prospective chemical engineers on what it takes to succeed in the industry today.

Interview: Gaynor Woodford, Process Engineering Team Leader, SABIC
Gaynor Woodford is process engineering team leader, managing a team of 16 process engineers who support the olefins and paraxylene plants for SABIC at Wilton. Gaynor tells us how her career progressed and the qualities and experience needed to succeed in the chemicals industry.

Interview: Ali Karim, Managing Director, The Hazchem Network
Ali Karim is managing director of The Hazchem Network, a chemical storage and transport hub in Rugby. Ali tells us of his career path so far, the exciting new areas opening up in the chemicals industry and why your first job can be the most important.

Interview: Joan Traynor, Managing Director, Chance & Hunt
Joan Traynor is managing director of Chance & Hunt, a chemicals distribution company, and international business director for Azelis. We speak to Joan about the range of jobs available in the chemicals industry and the opportunities in the chemical distribution sector.

Interview: Paul Hodges, Managing Director, International eChem
Paul Hodges, managing director of International eChem, talks to Chemicals Technology about the vital roles played by those in the chemicals industry and how you cna find success in the chemicals industry, even with a fine arts degree.