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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 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 Management Engineer”
- Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
- Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
- Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
- Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
- Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.
- 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.
- Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
- 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.
- Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
- Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
- Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
- Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
- 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.
- Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
- Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
- Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
- Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
- Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
- Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
- Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
- 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 administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
- Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Nitrogen oxide burners
- Nutrient analyzers
- Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
- Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Geoprobes
- Headspace autosamplers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Universal fractionators
- Colorimeters
- Air incubators
- Mass spectrometers
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- Laboratory ovens
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- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Thermocouples
- Consolidometers
- Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
- Electron capture detectors ECD
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- Ozonators
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- Mercury/hybrid atomizers
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- Chemostats
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- Liquid ring pumps
- Wave gauges
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- Epifluorescence microscopes
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- Spectrophotometers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Incubators
- Stormwater samplers
- Organic carbon analyzers
- Fume hoods
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Mud rotary drills
- Ion chromatographs
- Sampling pumps
- Balances
- Centrifuges
- Glove box systems
- Respirometers
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Stem augers
- Conductivity meters
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
- pH meters
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- Pitot tubes
- Electric pumps
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- Flow meters
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- Environmental probe systems
- Air velocity meters
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Desktop computers
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- Multi gas detector tubes
- Gas meters
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- Autoclaves
- Photometers
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- Sampling trains
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- Surface area analyzers
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- Core drill rigs
- Ambient air measurement devices
- Argon ionization detectors
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- Soil-erodability testing devices
- Capillary electrophoresis systems
- Interferometeric refractormeters
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- Notebook computers
- Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
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- Hydrological current meters
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Freeze dryers
- Laser photometers
- Direct shear testing devices
- Soil modulus failure testing devices
- Water flow modeling software
- HEC RAS
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- SAS
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
- XP Software XPSWMM
- Bentley Microstation
- Image analysis software
- Greenhouse gas management software
- Microsoft Access
- Environmental health and safety documentation software
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- Insightful S-PLUS
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- Regulatory compliance management software
- Photogrammetric software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
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- Wind flow modeling software
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- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Rockwell Automation Arena
- Microsoft Word
- WAM software
- SofTech CADRA
- Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
- Continuous emission management software
- Oil mapping software
- Microsoft Project
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- Fugitive emission leak detection software
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- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Hazardous materials management HMS software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Stormwater runoff modeling software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Microsoft Office
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- Python
- C++
- Maplesoft Maple