ENERGY 
“Always Looking to Add to My Skills!”
Jessie Wang
Process engineer, Arkema Greater China
Jessie Wang exudes a confidence, energy and determination that are impressive for a 28-year-old. A talented engineer with a freshly minted degree in chemical engineering and technology, she already has a long list of accomplishments. She started at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, then headed to Germany for three years to earn her master’s degree at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg near Berlin. “It was an invaluable experience for someone like me who’d never been outside China. It opened my eyes to a wider world and taught me to be adaptable.” Back in China in 2016, Jessie joined Arkema as a process engineer at the Changshu plant, which is part of Fluorogases. “A friend had really positive things to say about the company: international but not impersonally big, with a genuine engineering culture, a strong production base in China and fast growth in Asia. My first contact with Human Resources was excellent. I met my future manager and we clicked right away.” Jessie’s profession satisfies her thirst to learn new things. “My intuition was spot on. The job offers a wide variety of responsibilities, including optimizing processes, analyzing risks at facilities and supporting maintenance. There’s lots of varied, interesting back-and-forth with production, R&D, maintenance, safety and my peers in fluorogas plants in France and the United States.” Jessie especially likes “the focus on transferring knowledge in a caring environment. Every member of my team teaches me the technical knowledge you can’t learn at a university. My manager knows how to develop my professional skills. For him, even with 30 years of experience under his belt, every day is a new chance to learn. I share the same mindset: always looking to add to my skills!”
