What would you do as an Environmental engineer?
Environmental engineers
- usually work regular business hours
- usually work in offices and at outdoor work sites and may travel
- may work in all weather conditions
- need to be accurate, safety conscious and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- design environmental control systems
- investigate environmental impacts of projects
- measure air, water and soil pollution
- analyse environmental data
- give sustainability advice and recommendations
- inspect sites and facilities
- prepare environmental reports
- maintain operational records
- develop technical processes
- ensure legal compliance of projects
How can you become an Environmental engineer?
You need a qualification to become an environmental engineer and experience may be useful.
You need
- a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or similar
You may need
- a Bachelor of Engineering Technology
- a Master of Renewable Energy
- experience in similar work
- to be registered as a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineering New Zealand
If you're in school
You need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
