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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”.

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Tasks for “Environmental Planner”

Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
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.
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

Flame emission detectors
Ozonators
Flow meters
Epifluorescence microscopes
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
Surface area analyzers
Dissolved oxygen meters
Sorbent tubes
Multiparameter water quality instruments
Anaerobic growth chambers
Consolidometers
Argon ionization detectors
Water level recorders
Glove box systems
Stormwater samplers
Trace metal analyzers
Nitrogen oxide burners
Scanning potentiostats
Laser photometers
Sampling trains
Limnological core loggers
Wave gauges
Plasma-mass spectrometers
Ultraviolet water purification systems
Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
Core drill rigs
Particle counters
California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
Gas chromatographs GC
Seismographs
Centrifuges
Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices
Electric pumps
Chemostats
Limnological coring drills
Mud rotary drills
Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
Liquid scintillation counters
Pitot tubes
Sampling pumps
Liquid ring pumps
Thermal conductivity detectors
Air velocity meters
Balances
Gas meters
Luminometers
Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
Incubators
Liquid chromatography detectors
Soil-erodability testing devices
Desktop computers
Flame ionization detectors FID
Microwave digestion instruments
Fluorescence spectrophotometers
Environmental probe systems
Whole air canisters
Notebook computers
Headspace autosamplers
Laboratory ovens
Hydrological current meters
Thermocouples
Mercury/hybrid atomizers
Microbics toxicity analyzers
Mass spectrometers
pH meters
Autoclaves
Conductivity meters
Air incubators
Photometers
Soil modulus failure testing devices
Stem augers
Capillary electrophoresis systems
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Graphite furnaces
Nutrient analyzers
Particulate filters
Organic carbon analyzers
Automatic titrators
Spectrophotometers
Multi gas detector tubes
Electron capture detectors ECD
Sample concentrators
Solid shear failure testing devices
Geoprobes
Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
Ambient air measurement devices
Biological oxidizers
Shakers
Respirometers
Supercritical fluid extractors
Colorimeters
Fluorescence detectors
Ion chromatographs
Universal fractionators
Fume hoods
Freeze dryers
Direct shear testing devices
Interferometeric refractormeters
Global positioning system GPS receivers
Combustible gas meters

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