Process & Chemical Engineer Jobs in Energy: Demand, Pay & Skills
Part of Plutarch’s ongoing analysis of skill demand in energy hiring — last updated 5 October 2026, based on 147 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 147 unique open Process & Chemical Engineer postings at energy employers. 24 postings disclosed annual pay, with a United States median of USD 148,000.
Demand for Process and Chemical Engineers is concentrated in the United States, with secondary clusters in Canada, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Most postings do not state a seniority level, while a sizable minority call for senior, lead, principal, staff or manager-level candidates. Early-career and graduate or campus-hire titles appear in modest numbers, and executive-level openings are essentially absent. The titles span refining, metals and mineral processing, biofuels and industrial water, pointing to a fairly broad and fragmented set of hiring needs rather than one dominant niche.
Open postings
Where
- United States · 66
- Canada · 15
- Malaysia · 10
- Saudi Arabia · 7
- Singapore · 7
- Other or not stated · 42
Seniority
- Early career · 6
- Level not stated in title · 86
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 54
- Leadership · 1
Disclosed pay by country · annual
| Country | Lowest to highest employer midpoint | Median | Postings stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD 58,000–217,000 | USD 148,000 | 24 of 63 |
| Canada | CAD 105,000–193,000 | CAD 140,000 | 8 of 12 |
Directional, not conclusive. Each figure is the midpoint of a salary range an employer disclosed in a public job posting, derived from public market sources and rounded to the nearest thousand. Samples are small, so a country appears only when at least 5 open postings disclose annual pay. At these sample sizes, do not compare one role’s median against another’s — the difference between them is smaller than the error on either.
How many employers state pay
- United States · pay stated in 26 of 63 postings we could read
- Canada · pay stated in 10 of 12 postings we could read
- Malaysia · pay stated in 0 of 4 postings we could read
- Saudi Arabia · pay stated in 0 of 1 posting we could read
- Singapore · pay stated in 0 of 5 postings we could read
Counted from the same open postings as above, leaving out postings whose text we could not read for pay. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so a low rate is not evidence that employers here pay less.
Who is hiring
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| ExxonMobil | 17 |
| Hatch | 17 |
| Worley | 14 |
| Form Energy | 10 |
| Saudi Aramco | 6 |
| Nordex | 5 |
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems | 4 |
| TotalEnergies | 4 |
| Vestas | 4 |
| GE Vernova | 3 |
| Oklo | 3 |
| Redwood Materials | 3 |
| Other employers | 57 |
How these roles are titled
The titles employers use for this role, most repeated first. Titles shown without a count appeared once.
- Process Engineer · 18 postings
- Senior Process Engineer · 11 postings
- Staff Process Engineer · 4 postings
- Chemical Process Engineer · 3 postings
- Junior Process Engineer · 2 postings
- Lead Process Engineer · 2 postings
- Pilot Plant Process Engineer · 2 postings
- Sr. Process Engineer · 2 postings
- 2026 Campus Hire - Process Engineer
- 2027 Campus Hire - Process Engineer
- Advanced Reforming Process Engineer
- Assembly Process Engineer - Contract
- Bursary Programme 2027: Chemical Engineering
- Campus Hire - Chemical Engineer
- Cell assembly process engineer ( /x)
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 106 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| P&IDs | 23 of 106 | 10 |
| Statistics | 13 of 106 | 10 |
| Root-cause analysis | 11 of 106 | 6 |
A skill counts when the posting names it anywhere — requirements, role description or the employer’s own introduction. A skill is shown only when at least 3 postings from at least two employers name it. Postings whose full text we did not read are left out of these counts rather than counted as asking for nothing.
Certificates and licences named
Credentials named in the same 106 postings. A mention is what employers ask for; it does not mean a law requires it.
| Certificate or licence | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Engineer licence (PE / P.Eng) | 11 of 106 | 3 |
Patterns in the job titles
- Industrial water process engineering
- Campus hire and graduate-level chemical or process engineering roles
- Assembly or manufacturing-focused process engineering
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What the postings suggest about filling this role
The large share of unspecified-level titles alongside a strong senior, lead, principal, staff or manager contingent suggests employers are competing for experienced process engineers as much as filling entry-level pipelines, which can lengthen searches for seasoned candidates. Specialized domain requirements such as pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy and refinery-specific process areas narrow the eligible talent pool further, while the presence of graduate and campus-hire titles shows some easier-to-fill junior demand balancing the mix.
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