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Overview
Waste treatment engineers design processes, facilities and equipment for collecting, treating and distributing waste while reducing environmental strain.
In job descriptions, look for waste analysis, classification, treatment procedures, facility design, environmental standards, hazardous waste, testing equipment and pollution-prevention work.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Work is usually tied to waste facilities, engineering offices or environmental projects where treatment lines, collection flows and testing results must fit permits, capacity and pollution controls.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include waste classification, hazardous-material handling, process design, environmental standards, technical drawings, sample testing, risk analysis and clear reporting of treatment results.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by facility scale, hazardous-waste exposure, design responsibility, environmental compliance work, testing complexity and whether the role owns process improvements or operations support.
Career paths
Paths can develop from environmental engineering, plant operations or testing work into waste-process design, hazardous-waste strategy, pollution prevention, project engineering or facility leadership.
Good to know
Check adverts for the waste streams handled, treatment technologies, design tools, sampling duties, authority contact, documentation load and whether the role is project-based or tied to daily facility operations.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for waste treatment engineer work. It is not official labour-market statistics or 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 wastewater engineer, environmental mining engineer and environmental 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 environmental engineer and recycling specialist.
Explore this activityRemediation activities and other waste management service activities
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include environmental expert, water engineer and nuclear 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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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancy84.12Regulation of health care, education, cultural services and other social services39.0Remediation activities and other waste management service activities38Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
Alternative labels
waste treatment engineering adviser
waste treatment engineering specialist
waste treatment technology engineer
waste treatment technology engineering specialist
waste treatment engineers
waste treatment technology engineering adviser
waste treatment engineering expert
waste treatment technology engineering expert
industrial waste treatment engineer
waste treatment technology engineering consultant
waste treatment engineering consultant
Occupation group
environmental engineer (2143.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ab4dd4f9-ee6c-41cc-8b72-42ad0b13d1e2 |
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| ESCO code | 2143.1.4 |
| ISCO group | 2143 |
| Concept type | Occupation |