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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
occupation category
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Analyzes data to determine validity, quality, and scientific significance and to interpret correlations between human activities and environmental effects
- Informs supervisor and other appropriate persons about political issues as they arise
- Analyze samples, surveys, and other information to identify and assess threats to the environment
- Applies knowledge of hydrologic cycles, rainfall-runoff relations, unit hydrograph, statistical hydrology, and hydrologic simulations
- Applies knowledge of the internal agency functions, priorities, and dynamics
- Assesses compliance with environmental laws
- Plans or develops research models, using knowledge of mathematical and statistical concepts
- Implements spill prevention programs and hazardous waste regulations
- Designs or directs studies to obtain technical environmental information about planned projects
- Applies knowledge of the physical, chemical, and biological principles of municipal water and wastewater treatment units
- Develops plans to manage natural or renewable resources
- Communicates scientific or technical information to the public, organizations, or internal audiences through oral briefings, written documents, workshops, conferences, training sessions, or public hearings
- Sets up and conducts tests, assays, and/or experiments
- Promotes sustainable business practices consistent with ISO 14001 IEM Guidance
- Oversees field examinations and report hazardous locations and materials
- Applies knowledge of the stability of soil structures
- Maintains organized, accurate, and up-to-date files and records (electronic and/or hard copy)
- Develops methods to minimize the impact of production processes on the environment, based on the study and assessment of industrial production, environmental legislation, and physical, biological, and social environments
- Applies knowledge of hydrology, water supply, and wastewater disposal
- Applies knowledge of the principles and regulatory requirements for the collection, storage, recycling, treatment, and disposal of solid wastes and hazardous wastes
- Applies knowledge of engineered treatment processes
- Maintains management information systems that identify the location of hazardous sites, chemical inventories, and complaint investigations
- Applies knowledge of analytical or scientific software, data base user interface software, query software, geographic information system software, and graphics or photo imaging software
- Processes and reviews environmental permits, licenses, or related materials
- Provides scientific or technical guidance, support, coordination, or oversight to governmental agencies, environmental programs, industry, or the public
- Conducts research or perform investigation for the purpose of identifying, abating, or eliminating sources of pollutants or hazards that affect either the environment or the health of the population
- Compile environmental or climatological data
- Determines data collection methods to be employed in research projects or surveys
- Identifies and recognizes how agendas are set and pursued and how they affect public health
- Applies knowledge of water resources, and the mechanics of steady and unsteady flow
- Evaluates violations or problems discovered during inspections to determine appropriate regulatory actions or to provide advice on the development and prosecution of regulatory cases
- Directs technical activities or operations
- Investigates and reports on accidents affecting the environment
- Prepares evidence for court cases
- Monitors effects of pollution or land degradation and recommends means of prevention or control
- Evaluates the overall environmental health program in which the practitioner is working, in terms of inputs (such as number of inspections, number of hotline calls processed) or outcomes (real-world results, progress)
- Collects, synthesizes, analyzes, manages, and reports environmental data, such as pollution emission measurements, atmospheric monitoring measurements, meteorological or mineralogical information, or soil or water samples
- Upgrades processes beyond pollution control to pollution prevention
- Evaluates air resources, air quality, and modern air pollution issues in terms of fundamental principles and design processes
- Utilizes advances in science and technology to improve efficiency and environmental protection
- Researches sources of pollution to determine their effects on the environment and to develop theories or methods of pollution abatement or control
- Applies knowledge of the flow in closed and open conduits
- Prepares charts or graphs from data samples, providing summary information on the environmental relevance of the data
- Applies knowledge of the formal legislative/administrative system within which the agency operates
- Develops environmental sustainability plans or projects
- Generate progress report for grant
- Monitors environmental impacts of development activities
- Provides advice on proper standards and regulations or the development of policies, strategies, or codes of practice for environmental management
- Reviews and implements environmental technical standards, guidelines, policies, and formal regulations that meet all appropriate requirements
- Develops the technical portions of legal documents, administrative orders, or consent decrees
- Produces periodic (eg, quarterly) activity reports
- Applies knowledge of theories of stress distribution, consolidation, strength and failures
- Designs and implements effective employee training programs
- Conducts environmental impact studies and recommend mitigation strategies
- Evaluates the results of particular interventions, such as providing information to a group of restaurant managers to resolve food service problems, and determine what improvements have been made after a specified time
- Conducts environmental audits or inspections or investigations of violations
- Prepares technical reports and presentations that explain research and findings
- Develops programs designed to obtain the most productive, non-damaging use of land
- Generates inspection reports
- Applies a fundamental working knowledge of static and dynamic interaction of soil and water
- Supervises or trains students, environmental technologists, technicians, or other related staff
- Applies knowledge of the natural sciences, human behavior, and local cultural practices to minimize impacts to the health of the environment and the population
- Evaluates the agency's procedures against a given set of standards, such as state requirements
- Conducts applied research on environmental topics, such as waste control or treatment or pollution abatement methods
- Analyzes the effects on the environment, economy, and society for a product, process, or system
