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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 “Reservoir Engineer”

Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
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.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
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.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
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.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
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.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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