United States
2143-Environmental Engineers
Job Title:
Environmental Engineers
Job Description:
Environmental engineers conduct research, advise on, design and direct implementation of solutions to prevent, control or remedy negative impacts of human activity on the environment utilising a variety of engineering disciplines. They conduct environmental assessments of construction and civil engineering projects and apply engineering principles to pollution control, recycling and waste disposal.
Tasks:
Tasks include:
- conducting research, assessing and reporting on the environmental impact of existing and proposed construction, civil engineering and other activities
- inspecting industrial and municipal facilities and programmes to evaluate operational effectiveness and ensure compliance with environmental regulations
- designing and overseeing the development of systems, processes and equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality
- obtaining, updating, and maintaining plans, permits, and standard operating procedures
- providing engineering and technical support for environmental remediation and litigation projects, including remediation system design and determination of regulatory applicability
- monitoring progress of environmental improvement programmes
- advising corporations and government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment
- collaborating with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers from other disciplines, and specialists in law and business to address environmental problems
Additional Notes:
This unit group includes
Environmental engineer
Sewerage engineer
Sanitary engineer
Specific Occupations:
21431
Environmental engineer
21432
Sewerage/Sanitary engineer
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Source Of Info:
Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore