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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 “Industrial Hygiene Engineer”

Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
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.
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

C++
Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
Computer aided design CAD software
Bentley Microstation
ESRI ArcGIS software
Simulation software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Waste management software
Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
Continuous emission management software
Water flow modeling software
Insightful S-PLUS
DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
Site remediation management software
Fugitive emission leak detection software
RockWare MODFLOW
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Project
Regulatory compliance management software
ESRI ArcView
Microsoft PowerPoint
The MathWorks MATLAB
Maplesoft Maple
Microsoft Office
Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
Stormwater runoff modeling software
Greenhouse gas management software
Material safety data sheet MSDS software
Microsoft Excel
Environmental health and safety documentation software
Ecological risk assessment software
Python
SofTech CADRA
SAS
Image analysis software
Oil mapping software
Hazardous materials management HMS software
XP Software XPSWMM
Photogrammetric software
Finite element method FEM software
Air dispersion modeling software
Gas dispersion model software
ANSYS
Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
HEC RAS
LINDO
Microsoft Word
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
Rockwell Automation Arena
Wind flow modeling software
WAM software