Environmental Systems Careers
Are you interested in working in critical occupations that protect and manage environmental resources?
Consider a career working in environmental services. You could work with water and air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, or public health issues. You might also work with hazardous-waste management, do research or quality control.
Use the resources below to discover environmental services career options, plan your education, and explore the job market.
Select the link to find occupation profiles.
Note of caution: Occupation profile data is not specific to Environmental Systems. It is for the broader occupation title.
- Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Compliance Officers
- Construction Managers
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
- Environmental Engineering Technicians
- Environmental Engineers
- Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Pest Control Workers
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Production Workers, All Other
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
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Before you invest in a career, it's important to understand the job market. Based on where you want to live, you may have different opportunities. Use the resources below to learn about some of the employers in your region. You can research job postings to understand the skills and training these employers are looking for. After you've done some research on your own, make sure you talk to as many people as possible who are knowledgeable about the career. You can talk to your teachers and counselors. You can also reach out to an employer to do an informational interview about the jobs they offer.
Sample Job Titles
Project Manager, Laboratory Technician, Superintendent, Environmental Technician, Environmental Engineer, Pest Control Technician, Environmental Specialist, Safety Administrator, Jurisdictional Inspector Specialist, Field Technician
Source: Gartner TalentNeuron
Sample Employers
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Find jobs in environmental services.
- Navigate to the Job Search on Minnesota State CAREERwise.
- Copy and paste the keyword string below into the Keyword filter.
Keyword string:
"Environment" OR "environmental" OR "Forest" OR "Climate" OR "Biomass" OR "Methane" OR "power" OR "Recycle" OR "biofuel" OR "Water" OR "Agriculture" OR "Agri" OR "Agro" OR "farm" OR "beef" OR "swine" OR "pork" OR "chicken" OR "poultry" OR "animal" - Use the Location filter in the left column to select a Minnesota region or to search by ZIP code. From the region dropdown you can also choose to search the state of Minnesota.
- In addition to the keywords above you can use Occupation Category to filter your search results. Select one of the options listed below.
-Architecture and Engineering
-Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
-Management
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