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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 “Soil Engineer”

Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
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
Sampling trains
Supercritical fluid extractors
Laboratory ovens
Respirometers
Soil modulus failure testing devices
Sample concentrators
Dissolved oxygen meters
Graphite furnaces
Conductivity meters
Core drill rigs
Seismographs
Laser photometers
Spectrophotometers
Centrifuges
Photometers
Consolidometers
Plasma-mass spectrometers
Universal fractionators
Multiparameter water quality instruments
Sorbent tubes
pH meters
Multi gas detector tubes
Wave gauges
Liquid ring pumps
Combustible gas meters
Nutrient analyzers
Fume hoods
Ultraviolet water purification systems
Solid shear failure testing devices
Sampling pumps
Automatic titrators
Surface area analyzers
Electric pumps
Limnological core loggers
Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
Hydrological current meters
Thermal conductivity detectors
Ambient air measurement devices
Thermocouples
Trace metal analyzers
Headspace autosamplers
Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
Fluorescence spectrophotometers
Air velocity meters
Organic carbon analyzers
Particulate filters
Electron capture detectors ECD
Luminometers
Particle counters
Scanning potentiostats
Microbics toxicity analyzers
Mud rotary drills
Direct shear testing devices
Gas chromatographs GC
Mercury/hybrid atomizers
Shakers
Desktop computers
Biological oxidizers
Anaerobic growth chambers
Capillary electrophoresis systems
Liquid chromatography detectors
Whole air canisters
Ozonators
Interferometeric refractormeters
Colorimeters
Stem augers
Environmental probe systems
Global positioning system GPS receivers
Liquid scintillation counters
Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
Epifluorescence microscopes
Soil-erodability testing devices
Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices
Fluorescence detectors
Water level recorders
Microwave digestion instruments
Nitrogen oxide burners
Flame ionization detectors FID
Limnological coring drills
Pitot tubes
Balances
Mass spectrometers
Flow meters
Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Gas meters
Notebook computers
Stormwater samplers
Freeze dryers
Air incubators
Autoclaves
Chemostats
Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
Ion chromatographs
Incubators
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
Argon ionization detectors
Flame emission detectors
California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
Glove box systems
Geoprobes

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