Imagine this is a job interview at Bayer. What questions will they ask in regards to a process engineering position?
- Do you have a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering?
- Have you worked in an industrial plant before? Anything related to drugs and pharmaceuticals?
- What experience do you have with HAZOP and compliance?
- Have you used SAP ERP before?
A good chemical engineering resume summary will interweave the answers in a couple of lines, while adding unique selling points and personality.
Let’s get practical.
SUMMARY
I’m an engineer with 12 months of experience. My team performed quality control and supervision to the tablet production line. Supported the machine operators and helped optimize the production. Collected performance and production data and made reports for the production managers.
WRONG
This candidate could well be a mechanical engineer, or an industrial engineer. By not specified their field, the applicant leaves recruiters wondering.
The rest of the summary sounds more like a basic job description. It provides only a vague direction of the applicant’s daily responsibilities. There is nothing specific or interesting to make this summary stand out from the rest.
SUMMARY
BS Chemical Engineer with experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Duties included supervision and optimization of powder processing machines – feeders, blenders, mills, tablet presses. Product quality control and testing using Six Sigma principles. Data collection and analysis using SAP ERP, reporting to managers and stakeholders.
RIGHT
This chemical engineer has an impactful summary which recruiters will remember. They’ve made sure to include their diploma, specific experience in the industry and software knowledge.
It’s just slightly longer than the first resume example, but it provides a lot more information.
Even if only a two or three items match the job description, recruiters will definitely read the whole resume and consider this applicant for an interview.
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