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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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