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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 assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
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.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
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.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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