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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 “Public Health Engineer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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