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Environmental Engineer

Do love science? Do you already have your degree in engineering? If so than it may be time to look at a job in environmental engineering. An environmental engineer applies science and engineering principles to improve the environment.

The career outlook for a environmental engineer is very good. They make on average $54-$88 thousand a year.

Some critical applications of this are providing healthy water air and land for people. It can also be used to remediate polluted sites.

As the countries become more eco conscious the ability of highly educated engineers with thrive. This could be an exceptionally great field for those who are coming off of the hurting car companies. Dealing with pollution is a major problem worldwide. This leads to opportunities to travel to many places.

To take full advantage of the opportunities of this growing field, you will need to join like minded organizations. These organizations will help you get a leg up on people who did not go through these organizations. One great place to join would be the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.

In order to be fully competitive in this field you will need a bachelors and master in civil engineering. The great about the education aspect is, if you already have your engineering degree, the follow up schooling will be quite minimal and the upside should be quite large.