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