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