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