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Environmental Engineers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

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.

What you’d do

  • Design, or supervise the design of, systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
  • Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
  • Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
  • 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.
  • Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
  • Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
  • Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.

Skills that matter

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Writing

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Engineer
  • Environmental Engineer
  • Environmental Remediation Specialist
  • Sanitary Engineer
  • Air Pollution Control Engineer
  • Engineering Consultant

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