Where a wastewater engineer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wastewater engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Wastewater engineers design sewage systems and networks for the removal and treatment of wastewater from cities and other residential areas. They design systems which are compliant with environmental standards, and aim to minimise impact on the ecosystem and on citizens in the vicinity of the network.
Also known as waste water pipeline engineer, waste water system designer, sewer pipeline engineer, wastewater engineering specialist, wastewater technology engineer, wastewater technology engineering adviser, wastewater process engineer, wastewater technology engineering consultant, wastewater engineering consultant, wastewater system designer, sewer system designer, wastewater processing engineer.
Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: drainage engineer, 63%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A wastewater engineer needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop sewerage networks communication, collaboration and creativity
- create designs for pipeline engineering communication, collaboration and creativity
- hydraulic fluid engineering, manufacturing and construction
- mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects assisting and caring
- ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures assisting and caring
- types of pipelines engineering, manufacturing and construction
- monitor legislation developments information skills
- ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
- hydraulics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wastewater engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- drainage engineer 77% covered · difficulty 26.5
- gas distribution engineer 53% covered · difficulty 48.5
- environmental engineer 42% covered · difficulty 59.4
- waste treatment engineer 42% covered · difficulty 59.4
- environmental mining engineer 40% covered · difficulty 60.8
- onshore wind energy engineer 40% covered · difficulty 60.8
- wood technology engineer 40% covered · difficulty 60.8
- pharmaceutical engineer 35% covered · difficulty 64.4
- steam engineer 35% covered · difficulty 64.4
- corrosion technician 30% covered · difficulty 67.9
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Wastewater engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wastewater engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.