CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

There are a countless number of industries where Chemical and Process Engineering is used in. As examples petroleum and petrochemical industries, mineral processing, advanced materials, food and beverage processing, pharmaceutical, biotechnological industries, polymer industries, ceramic industries, electronic base industries and much more. Chemical and Process Engineering works hold in hands with fellow engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical and electronics, civil and material science.
The broad basis of their scientific, engineering, technological and management education upgrade the applications of the Chemical and Process Engineering skills in any other sister fields such as business, supply chain, process analysis, health and safety and etc. which do not seem like a result of chemical and Process Engineering evolution.
Chemical Engineers might expect to work in,


• Chemical, petroleum and petrochemical industries
• Power generation
• Steam engineering
• Environmental protection and natural resource utilization
• Renewable energy engineering
• Food and beverage processing
• Biochemical and biomedical engineering
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Processing of electronic and photonic devices
• Polymer engineering
• Computer aided process control engineering

• Advanced materials manufacturing industries
• Ceramic industries
• Textile industries and etc.
Some local companies where our graduates play key roles:
• Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
• INSEE Cement, Puttlam
• Melwa Cement, Mirijjawila
• Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd
• Hemas Holdings PLC
• Industrial Solutions Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
• Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (Pvt) Limited
• IFS R&D International (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka
• MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Sugar Company Pvt Ltd
• Nestle Lanka PLC
• Ceylon Biscuits Ltd
• Asian Paints (Pvt) Ltd
• Fonterra Brands Lanka
• Ceylon Cold Stores
Some foreign companies where our graduates play key roles:
• Veolia Water Technologies, USA
• Ontario Nuclear Power Generation, Canada
• Aker Solutions, Norway
• Wood Consultancy, Norway
• Safetec Nordic AS, Norway
• Keppel Offshore & Marine, Singapore
• Ecochem Bangladesh Pvt Ltd, Bangladesh
• Schlumberger, USA
• Abu Dhabi Oil Co., Ltd., UAE
• IFS R&D International (Pvt) Ltd, Norway