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