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