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Where a pharmaceutical engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pharmaceutical engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Pharmaceutical engineers design and develop technologies used in pharmaceutical research and drugs manufacture, advising the pharmaceutical manufacturing plants to maintain and operate those technologies and ensuring the customers` and workers` safety requirements are met. They may also be involved in the conception and design of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants and research centers.

Also known as pharmaceutical engineering developer, pharmaceutical technology engineering specialist, pharmaceuticals engineer, pharmaceutical technology engineering consultant, pharmaceutical engineering designer and developer, pharmaceutical engineering expert, pharmaceutical engineering specialist, pharmaceutical production engineer, pharmaceutical engineering consultant, pharmaceutical development engineer, pharmaceutical process engineer, biotechnology engineer.

Professionals 59 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical engineer, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from pharmaceutical engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a pharmaceutical engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

nanoengineer 53% covered · difficulty 54.2

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A pharmaceutical engineer needs 27 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

drug administration regulations health and welfare
pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems health and welfare
test production input materials assisting and caring
pharmaceutical drug development health and welfare
monitor plant production information skills
pharmaceutical industry health and welfare
forecast organisational risks information skills
good manufacturing practices engineering, manufacturing and construction
work with chemicals handling and moving
analytical chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a pharmaceutical engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Pharmaceutical engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a pharmaceutical engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.