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What's the typical day of an environmental engineer like?

I'm interested in becoming one, but I hope it's not centered around anything boring, like paperwork. #engineering #environmental-science #environmental-engineering

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DAVID’s Answer

in a consulting engineering firm you work as teams on a particular client project
Engineers start out their career as Engineer 1, Engineer 2, Senior Engineer, Project Engineer and up to Project Manager.
A project requires engineers to prepare permits, designs, specifications, write reports, letters, prepare cost estimates, obtain bids, manage construction and assist in startup.
The goal is to complete a successful project on time and under budget, company bosses hate when you loose money when you run over budget.
So an engineer must be efficient but technical to deal with project issues.
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Donald’s Answer

In my case, my day would be walking around the facilities and observing the effectiveness of the pollution control operations. Then the rest of the time would be recording my findings and writing memos or summaries to management and the regulators. Sometimes 40/60, sometimes 60/40.
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Ken’s Answer

Hi Israt!


You asked a question about a very interesting area. Here are sites that will help you to learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyW0_8iwrGc
http://www.engineergirl.org/cms/6072.aspx
http://www.environmentalscience.org/career/environmental-engineer


Best of luck! Keep me informed. I would like to follow your progress!
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