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Water/Wastewater Engineers

SOC 17-2081.01

Design or oversee projects involving provision of potable water, disposal of wastewater and sewage, or prevention of flood-related damage. Prepare environmental documentation for water resources, regulatory program compliance, data management and analysis, and field work. Perform hydraulic modeling and pipeline design.

Green Occupation Zone 4 Architecture and Engineering

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Yes

Green

Top Skills 8

Mathematics

4.0

Critical Thinking

4.0

Complex Problem Solving

4.0

Reading Comprehension

3.9

Active Listening

3.9

Speaking

3.9

Judgment and Decision Making

3.9

Writing

3.8

Knowledge Areas 8

Engineering and Technology

4.8

Design

4.5

Mathematics

4.4

English Language

4.2

Building and Construction

4.0

Physics

4.0

Customer and Personal Service

3.9

Chemistry

3.9

Key Tasks

1Provide technical direction or supervision to junior engineers, engineering or computer-aided design (CAD) technicians, or other technical personnel.

2Conduct feasibility studies for the construction of facilities, such as water supply systems, runoff collection networks, water and wastewater treatment plants, or wastewater collection systems.

3Design pumping systems, pumping stations, pipelines, force mains, or sewers for the collection of wastewater.

4Design domestic or industrial water or wastewater treatment plants, including advanced facilities with sequencing batch reactors (SBR), membranes, lift stations, headworks, surge overflow basins, ultraviolet disinfection systems, aerobic digesters, sludge lagoons, or control buildings.

5Analyze storm water or floodplain drainage systems to control erosion, stabilize river banks, repair channel streams, or design bridges.

Also Known As

Acting Section Chief Assistant County Engineer Dimensional Engineer Director Water and Waste Services Engineer and Geologist Floodplain Manager Hydrologic Modeler Principal Consulting Engineer Principal Technologist Program Manager