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