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Job Description
Research, design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental hazards using various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2081.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 88,530.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 42.00
- Currently, there are 52,280 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Environmental Engineers
- Sanitary Engineer
- Regulatory Environmental Compliance Manager
- Marine Engineer CPVEC (Marine Engineer Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance)
- Global Director Air and Climate Change
- Environmental Remediation Specialist
- Environmental Engineer
- Environmental Analyst
- Chief, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Branch
- Air Pollution Control Engineer
- Water Treatment Plant Engineer
- Water Supply Engineer
- Water Resources Engineer
- Wastewater Treatment Engineer
- Waste Management Engineer
- Solid Waste Management Engineer
- Solid Waste Engineer
- Soil Engineer
- Sewage Disposal Engineer
- Sanitation Engineer
- Reservoir Engineer
- Remediation Project Engineer
- Radiation Protection Engineer
- Public Health Engineer
- Project Manager
- Project Engineer
- Pollution Control Engineer
- Irrigation Engineer
- Industrial Hygiene Engineer
- Hazardous Waste Management Specialist
- Hazardous Waste Management Control Engineer
- Hazardous Substances Engineer
- Flood Control Engineer
- Environmentalist
- Environmental Systems Coordinator
- Environmental Scientist
- Environmental Safety Specialist
- Environmental Remediation Engineer
- Environmental Project Manager
- Environmental Planner
- Environmental Designer
- Environmental Coordinator
- Environmental Consultant
Tasks for “Hazardous Substances Engineer”
- Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
- Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
- Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
- Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
- Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
- Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
- Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
- Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
- Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
- Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
- Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
- Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
- Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
- Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
- Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
- Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
- Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
- Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
- Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
- Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
- Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
- Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
- Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
- Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
- Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
- Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
- Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
- Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Related Technology & Tools
- Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
- Water level recorders
- Flow meters
- Fluorescence detectors
- Ultraviolet water purification systems
- Trace metal analyzers
- Graphite furnaces
- Plasma-mass spectrometers
- Colorimeters
- Consolidometers
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Headspace autosamplers
- Luminometers
- Incubators
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Surface area analyzers
- Microwave digestion instruments
- Stem augers
- Nitrogen oxide burners
- Geoprobes
- Particle counters
- Thermal conductivity detectors
- Electron capture detectors ECD
- Laser photometers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Photometers
- Soil modulus failure testing devices
- Spectrophotometers
- Scanning potentiostats
- Glove box systems
- Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
- Sorbent tubes
- Centrifuges
- Sample concentrators
- Electric pumps
- Thermocouples
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Air incubators
- Soil-erodability testing devices
- Whole air canisters
- Nutrient analyzers
- Argon ionization detectors
- Laboratory ovens
- Core drill rigs
- Organic carbon analyzers
- Liquid chromatography detectors
- Mercury/hybrid atomizers
- Chemostats
- Limnological coring drills
- Ozonators
- Sampling trains
- Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
- Automatic titrators
- Conductivity meters
- Ion chromatographs
- Pitot tubes
- Freeze dryers
- Capillary electrophoresis systems
- Shakers
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices
- Respirometers
- Limnological core loggers
- Supercritical fluid extractors
- Epifluorescence microscopes
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Microbics toxicity analyzers
- Ambient air measurement devices
- Liquid ring pumps
- Particulate filters
- Solid shear failure testing devices
- Multi gas detector tubes
- Air velocity meters
- Autoclaves
- Flame emission detectors
- Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
- Seismographs
- pH meters
- Combustible gas meters
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Ultraviolet UV light detectors
- Balances
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Wave gauges
- Stormwater samplers
- Fume hoods
- Direct shear testing devices
- Liquid scintillation counters
- California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
- Sampling pumps
- Multiparameter water quality instruments
- Mud rotary drills
- Biological oxidizers
- Gas meters
- Notebook computers
- Desktop computers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Mass spectrometers
- Hydrological current meters
- Interferometeric refractormeters
- Universal fractionators
- Environmental probe systems
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Water flow modeling software
- WAM software
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Fugitive emission leak detection software
- Stormwater runoff modeling software
- Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
- Python
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- ANSYS
- HEC RAS
- Rockwell Automation Arena
- Continuous emission management software
- Microsoft Project
- Photogrammetric software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Waste management software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Wind flow modeling software
- Microsoft Word
- Maplesoft Maple
- ESRI ArcView
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- LINDO
- SofTech CADRA
- Hazardous materials management HMS software
- C++
- Environmental health and safety documentation software
- Air dispersion modeling software
- Bentley Microstation
- Regulatory compliance management software
- Site remediation management software
- SAS
- Microsoft Access
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- XP Software XPSWMM
- Gas dispersion model software
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- Finite element method FEM software
- Simulation software
- Ecological risk assessment software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Oil mapping software
- Microsoft Excel
- Greenhouse gas management software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Image analysis software