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Overview
Environmental engineers work on projects where natural resources, pollution prevention, sanitary measures and sustainable design need technical attention. They cooperate with engineers from other fields to understand project impacts.
In job descriptions, look for environmental measures, sustainability, pollution prevention, natural resources, site protection, project design, technical analysis and cooperation across engineering disciplines.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Environmental engineer work brings environmental protection into technical projects. The role can include assessing project impacts, designing pollution-prevention measures, conserving natural resources and coordinating with other engineers. Useful descriptions name the project type, environmental issue and technical decision points.
Skills and specializations
Important strengths include environmental assessment, sustainable design, pollution prevention, sanitary measures, technical analysis and collaboration across engineering fields. Some roles focus on natural sites, infrastructure or industrial processes. The work needs practical engineering judgement as well as environmental understanding.
Salary context
Salary context depends on project complexity, environmental risk, design responsibility, technical autonomy and coordination with other disciplines. A role signing off environmental measures differs from one collecting supporting information. Compare responsibility for project decisions, site impacts and technical recommendations.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior environmental engineering, project leadership, sustainability design, specialist assessment or coordination of multidisciplinary engineering work. A strong path keeps technical environmental decisions visible. Moving into general sustainability communication changes the profile if engineering judgement becomes secondary.
Good to know
Read vacancies for concrete environmental work: pollution prevention, resource conservation, site protection, sanitary measures or impact assessment. Broad sustainability language is less useful. Check whether the role designs technical measures, reviews project implications or supports other engineers with analysis.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Engineering activities and related technical consultancy
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include environmental expert, environmental mining engineer and waste treatment engineer.
Explore this activityRegulation of health care, education, cultural services and other social services
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include waste treatment engineer, recycling specialist and environmental programme coordinator.
Explore this activityTechnical testing and analysis
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include environmental expert, onshore wind energy engineer and renewable energy engineer.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 5
Environmental Restoration Planners
19-2041.02
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETEnvironmental Engineers
17-2081.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETWater Resource Specialists
11-9121.02
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETIndustrial Ecologists
19-2041.03
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETEnvironmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
17-3025.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancy71.2Technical testing and analysis84.12Regulation of health care, education, cultural services and other social services74.99All other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.94.99Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Alternative labels
environmental engineering consultant
agricultural conservation engineer
industrial environmental engineer
water pollution engineer
environmental analyst
environmental engineering expert
environmental specialist for water management
air protection environmental engineer
sanitary engineer
environmental engineering adviser
environment engineer
chemical environmental engineer
pollution engineer
environmental engineering specialist
Occupation group
Environmental engineers (2143)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ac1fc6a9-70d2-475c-8fa0-82ef83830968 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2143.1 |
| ISCO group | 2143 |
| Concept type | Occupation |