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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 Safety Specialist
- Environmental Remediation Engineer
- Environmental Project Manager
- Environmental Planner
- Environmental Designer
- Environmental Coordinator
- Environmental Consultant
Tasks for “Environmental Scientist”
- Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
- Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
- Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
- Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
- Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
- Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
- Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
- Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
- Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
- Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
- Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
- Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
- Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
- Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
- Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
- 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.
- Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
- Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
- Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
- Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
- Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
- Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
- Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
- Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
- Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
- Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
- Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
- Fume hoods
- Stormwater samplers
- Direct shear testing devices
- Electric pumps
- Surface area analyzers
- Chemostats
- Whole air canisters
- Microwave digestion instruments
- Sample concentrators
- Desktop computers
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- Nitrogen oxide burners
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- Universal fractionators
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Flow meters
- Centrifuges
- Electron capture detectors ECD
- Scanning potentiostats
- Core drill rigs
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- Air velocity meters
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- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
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- Particulate filters
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- Shakers
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- Supercritical fluid extractors
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- Ambient air measurement devices
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- Autoclaves
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- Plasma-mass spectrometers
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- Trace metal analyzers
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- Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
- Liquid chromatography detectors
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- Seismographs
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- Geoprobes
- Balances
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- Epifluorescence microscopes
- Mercury/hybrid atomizers
- Ion chromatographs
- Laser photometers
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- Wave gauges
- Notebook computers
- Ultraviolet UV light detectors
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Argon ionization detectors
- Wind flow modeling software
- Water flow modeling software
- Ecological risk assessment software
- Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
- XP Software XPSWMM
- C++
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Waste management software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Greenhouse gas management software
- Microsoft Access
- Image analysis software
- Fugitive emission leak detection software
- Bentley Microstation
- Environmental health and safety documentation software
- Computer aided design CAD software
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- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- WAM software
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- ANSYS
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Finite element method FEM software
- LINDO
- ESRI ArcView
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Site remediation management software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- Simulation software
- Python
- Regulatory compliance management software
- Hazardous materials management HMS software
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- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Photogrammetric software
- SAS
- DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
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- Maplesoft Maple
- Microsoft Project
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- HEC RAS
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- Microsoft Word
- Continuous emission management software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
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