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