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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 “Irrigation Engineer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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