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Career Outlook: Environmental Engineering and Safety Jobs in Columbia, SC
Environmental Engineering represents a mature field with employment opportunities and growth potential. The "Engineering News Record" reports that in the year 2000, the top 200 environmental engineering firms in the U.S. had record high revenues of $24.3 billion. Although the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not monitor the environmental engineering discipline separately, it and the Occupational Outlook Quarterly predict growth in employment for environmental engineers, and indicate that demand for environmental engineers will continue to exceed the number of graduates.Using the principles of biology and chemistry, environmental engineers develop solutions to environmental problems. They are involved in water and air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, and public health issues. Environmental engineers conduct hazardous-waste management studies in which they evaluate the significance of the hazard, offer analysis on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps. They design municipal water supply and industrial wastewater treatment systems. They conduct research on proposed environmental projects, analyze scientific data, and perform quality control checks.
Environmental engineers are expected to provide the community with sustainable long-term environmental solutions. This involves assessing the impact that people have on the environment, developing systems for relieving these impacts, implementing the preferred systems, and monitoring and maintaining these systems.
The following job titles are found for environmental engineers: Air Quality Engineer, Assistant Policy Specialist, Director of Public Safety, Environmental Engineer, Field Chemist, Health Risk Assessor, Hydrogeologist, Information Specialist, Process Engineer, Safety Engineer, Hazard Communication Researcher, Health Assessment Specialist, Environmental Health Research Scientist, Manager of Safety Design, Planner, Planning Director for Water Standards, Solid Waste Project Director, Water Resource Manager, Project Engineer, and Wetlands Ecologist.
Quick Facts about Environmental Engineer according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook:
Environmental Engineers should be able to work as part of a team, be creative, analytical and detail oriented. They should be able to communicate well orally and in writing. Also important are computing and design skills, practicality and creativity, the ability to integrate information, and the ability to identify, analyze and solve problems.
These skills and characteristics can be more important than knowledge. Successful individuals in this area are those who are willing to keep pace with the rapid changes in technology that will occur over their working lives.
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