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