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