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