• 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 utilizing 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 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;
• Providing environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, and planning or reviewing database development;
• 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.