Also called: Site Cleanup Engineer, Brownfield Engineer
Designs ways to clean up polluted soil and groundwater at old factories, spills and military bases.
You design a system that injects food for bacteria underground so they eat a chemical spill. You check monitoring wells every month and watch the contamination shrink on a map.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in environmental, civil or chemical engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geology.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps map contamination from sensor data; drilling, field cleanup design and managing crews on site stay human.
Classes: Chemistry, Earth science, Environmental science, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2081.
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