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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 “Sanitary Engineer”

Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
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.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
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.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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