Will “Environmental Consultant” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
1.8% Chance of Automation
“Environmental Consultant” will not be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #81 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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)
- 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
- 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
Tasks for “Environmental Consultant”
- Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
- Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
- Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
- Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
- Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
- Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
- Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
- Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
- Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
- Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
- Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
- 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.
- Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
- Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
- Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
- Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
- Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
- Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
- Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
- Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
- Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
- Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
- 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.
- Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
- Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
- Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Related Technology & Tools
- Trace metal analyzers
- Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
- Air velocity meters
- Multiparameter water quality instruments
- Shakers
- Mass spectrometers
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Ultraviolet UV light detectors
- Whole air canisters
- Wave gauges
- Pitot tubes
- Surface area analyzers
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
- Flame emission detectors
- Automatic titrators
- Ozonators
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Supercritical fluid extractors
- Nutrient analyzers
- Notebook computers
- Core drill rigs
- Chemostats
- Spectrophotometers
- Sampling trains
- Seismographs
- Plasma-mass spectrometers
- Liquid scintillation counters
- Direct shear testing devices
- Headspace autosamplers
- Gas meters
- Liquid ring pumps
- Epifluorescence microscopes
- Particle counters
- Universal fractionators
- Laboratory ovens
- Organic carbon analyzers
- Electron capture detectors ECD
- Luminometers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Fume hoods
- Limnological core loggers
- Conductivity meters
- Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
- Water level recorders
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Solid shear failure testing devices
- Environmental probe systems
- Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices
- Freeze dryers
- pH meters
- Desktop computers
- Centrifuges
- Air incubators
- Hydrological current meters
- Thermocouples
- Thermal conductivity detectors
- Stem augers
- Glove box systems
- Mercury/hybrid atomizers
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Graphite furnaces
- Microwave digestion instruments
- Mud rotary drills
- Ambient air measurement devices
- Limnological coring drills
- Particulate filters
- Nitrogen oxide burners
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Soil modulus failure testing devices
- Argon ionization detectors
- Sample concentrators
- Ultraviolet water purification systems
- Consolidometers
- Respirometers
- Biological oxidizers
- Sorbent tubes
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Scanning potentiostats
- Multi gas detector tubes
- Laser photometers
- Incubators
- Combustible gas meters
- Stormwater samplers
- Microbics toxicity analyzers
- Colorimeters
- Flow meters
- California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
- Soil-erodability testing devices
- Autoclaves
- Ion chromatographs
- Geoprobes
- Liquid chromatography detectors
- Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
- Interferometeric refractormeters
- Balances
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Photometers
- Electric pumps
- Sampling pumps
- Fluorescence detectors
- Capillary electrophoresis systems
- Greenhouse gas management software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Waste management software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- SofTech CADRA
- Microsoft Word
- XP Software XPSWMM
- Air dispersion modeling software
- Site remediation management software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Access
- Regulatory compliance management software
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Gas dispersion model software
- Microsoft Project
- Maplesoft Maple
- HEC RAS
- ANSYS
- Image analysis software
- Rockwell Automation Arena
- Stormwater runoff modeling software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Finite element method FEM software
- Water flow modeling software
- Microsoft Excel
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Hazardous materials management HMS software
- Wind flow modeling software
- Simulation software
- Bentley Microstation
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- Environmental health and safety documentation software
- DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
- Fugitive emission leak detection software
- Python
- Oil mapping software
- Ecological risk assessment software
- Microsoft Office
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- LINDO
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcView
- C++
- Continuous emission management software
- SAS
- WAM software
- Photogrammetric software