Design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental health hazards utilizing various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.

Other names for Environmental Engineers: Water Supply Engineer, Water Treatment Plant Engineer, Air Pollution Control Engineer, Automation Engineer, Environmental Analyst, Environmental Designer, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Remediation Specialist, Environmental Safety Specialist, Environmental Systems Coordinator, Environmentalist, Flood Control Engineer, Hazardous Substances Engineer, Hazardous Waste Management Control Engineer, Industrial Hygiene Engineer, Irrigation Engineer, Marine Engineer CPVEC (Marine Engineer Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance), Pollution Control Engineer, Public Health Engineer, Radiation Protection Engineer, Regulatory Enivironmental Compliance Manager, Reservoir Engineer, Sanitary Engineer, Sanitation Engineer, Sewage Disposal Engineer, Soil Engineer, Solid Waste Management Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE), Validation Engineer, Validation Specialist, Waste Management Engineer, Wastewater Treatment Engineer,

• Prepare, review, and update environmental investigation and recommendation reports.
• Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, and other specialists, and experts in law and business to address environmental problems.
• Obtain, update, and maintain plans, permits, and standard operating procedures.
• Provide technical-level support for environmental remediation and litigation projects, including remediation system design and determination of regulatory applicability.
• Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
• Inspect industrial and municipal facilities and programs to evaluate operational effectiveness and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
• Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, and performing other general administrative duties.
• Develop proposed project objectives and targets, and report to management on progress in attaining them.
• Advise corporations and government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
• Advise industries and government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
• Inform company employees and other interested parties of environmental issues.
• Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, and land.
• Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, and administration.
• Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans and methods for loading and transporting waste.
• Coordinate and manage environmental protection programs and projects, assigning and evaluating work.
• Serve as liaison with federal, state, and local agencies and officials on issues pertaining to solid and hazardous waste program requirements.
• Design systems, processes, and equipment for control, management, and remediation of water, air, and soil quality.
• Prepare hazardous waste manifests and land disposal restriction notifications.
• Serve on teams conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities, providing assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, and sampling.
• Develop and present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
• Maintain, write, and revise quality assurance documentation and procedures.
• Develop, implement, and manage plans and programs related to conservation and management of natural resources.
• Assess, sort, characterize, and pack known and unknown materials.
• Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
• Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, and planning or reviewing database development.

• Mass spectrometers
• Chromatographic detectors
• Density gradient fractionators
• Open stream water level recorders
• Ultra violet water purification units
• Open stream water level recorders
• Sample holders
• Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Anaerobic chamber
• Ionmeters
• Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
• Spectrophotometers
• Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
• Titration equipment
• Laboratory balances
• Sample oxidizer
• Penetrometers
• Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
• Benchtop centrifuges
• Photo attachments for microscopes
• Bacteria transformation kits
• Colorimeters
• Single gas monitors
• Conductivity meters
• Permeability testing apparatus
• Open stream current meters
• Desktop computers
• Shear strength testers
• Dissolved oxygen meters
• Core drills
• Mud pumps
• Electrometers
• Electronic measuring probes
• Fluorescent microscopes
• Flame ionization analyzers
• Flame ionization analyzers
• Flowmeters
• Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers
• Spectrophotometers
• Freeze dryers or lyopholizers
• Fume hoods or cupboards
• Gas chromatographs
• Gas gauges
• Soil core sampling apparatus
• Global positioning system receivers
• Isolation glove boxes
• Programmable tube furnaces
• Autosamplers
• Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
• Electronic measuring probes
• Bench refractometers or polarimeters
• Ion chromatographs
• Photometers
• Soil core sampling apparatus
• Core drills
• Chromatographic detectors
• Vacuum pumps
• Liquid scintillation counters
• Photometers
• Mass spectrometers
• Atomizers
• Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers
• Laboratory microwave ovens
• Rotary drills
• Gas detector tubes
• Water analyzers
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Notebook computers
• Water analyzers
• Organic carbon analyzers
• Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
• Ozone analyzers
• Electronic counters
• Filtering machinery
• pH meters
• Photometers
• Flowmeters
• Mass spectrometers
• Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers
• Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators
• Air sampling pumps
• Air samplers or collectors
• Potentiometers
• Seismic recorders or seismographs
• Orbital shakers
• Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer
• Conductivity meters
• Dissolution or disintegration testers
• Dissolution or disintegration testers
• Shear strength testers
• Gas detector tubes
• Spectrophotometers
• Augers
• Water samplers
• Extracting equipment for laboratories
• Chemical absorption gas analyzers
• Thermal conductivity analyzers
• Sample oxidizer
• Thermocouples
• Organic carbon analyzers

Graphics or photo imaging software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Development environment software

Object or component oriented development software

Computer aided design CAD software

Analytical or scientific software

Compliance software

Industrial control software

Map creation software