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