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Overview
Wastewater engineers design sewerage networks and treatment systems that remove, route and treat wastewater from residential areas while limiting effects on people and ecosystems.
In job descriptions, look for sewerage network design, pipeline routing, water-quality data, hydraulic principles, technical drawings, environmental impact, construction supervision and treatment planning.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Wastewater engineering work is about designing sewerage networks, pipelines and treatment systems. The role connects hydraulic calculations, drawings, routing studies, water-quality data and construction constraints so wastewater can be removed and treated reliably.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes hydraulics, technical drawing software, pipeline design, sewerage construction supervision, pollution prevention and assessment of water-quality parameters. Some roles focus on network layout; others focus on treatment methods or remediation planning.
Salary context
Compare roles by design authority, project size, pipeline complexity, field inspection, construction supervision and responsibility for environmental impact analysis. Advisory design work differs from roles that approve drawings or coordinate contractors.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior design engineering, water infrastructure planning, environmental engineering consulting, project management or specialist work on treatment processes and pipeline networks.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the balance between office design, site visits, routing studies, technical drawings and treatment-process decisions. Clear adverts name the network type, project phase and coordination responsibility.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay 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 drainage engineer, environmental mining engineer and waste treatment engineer.
Explore this activitySewerage
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include drainage engineer and water engineer.
Explore this activityWater collection, treatment and supply
Another possibility is this activity. Another occupation there is water 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
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O*NET relationships: 1
Water/Wastewater Engineers
17-2051.02
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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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.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancy36.0Water collection, treatment and supply37.0Sewerage
Alternative labels
waste water pipeline engineer
waste water system designer
sewer pipeline engineer
wastewater engineering specialist
wastewater technology engineer
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wastewater processing engineer
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sewage engineer
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wastewater engineering adviser
Occupation group
Environmental engineers (2143)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9740933e-e04a-41f6-af1f-a6d58c7eb0ec |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2143.3 |
| ISCO group | 2143 |
| Concept type | Occupation |