Also called: Climate Adaptation Engineer
Helps cities and companies redesign roads, power and water systems for heat waves, floods and sea-level rise.
You overlay climate projections on a city's map of water pipes and substations, find what's most at risk, and design upgrades. Then you help write grant applications to pay for them.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in civil or environmental engineering; master's common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Environmental engineers overall.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI climate models and risk maps cut analysis time; designing upgrades and working with cities and communities stay human.
Classes: Environmental science, Earth science, Statistics, Government or civics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2081.
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