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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 “Environmentalist”

Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
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.
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
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.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
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.
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Image analysis software
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LINDO
Microsoft Word
Bentley Microstation
Microsoft PowerPoint
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
C++
Wind flow modeling software
Regulatory compliance management software
Insightful S-PLUS
XP Software XPSWMM
Gas dispersion model software
ANSYS
Computer aided design CAD software
Microsoft Office
The MathWorks MATLAB
RockWare MODFLOW
Stormwater runoff modeling software
Python
Photogrammetric software
Maplesoft Maple
DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
ESRI ArcView
Autodesk AutoCAD
Oil mapping software
Water flow modeling software
Simulation software
Continuous emission management software
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
WAM software
Fugitive emission leak detection software
Waste management software