Some people want to pursue management, but I love having a mix of office and field work. It's nice to have the mix, because you need the field experience to fully realize what's going on. We're sampling soil, sediment, ground water and underground storage tanks in the area, to determine areas where there are potential hazards and write specifications to tell contractors how to handle those materials. It's good to see how investigations are done and how remedial installations are put in. CDM tries to put young engineers in the field, and by doing the sampling yourself, or overseeing contractors, when it's your turn to do different reports or designs or specifications, you have seen it and it gives you a better perspective.
Environmental engineering is very broad and civil engineering is even more so.
Then I focused even more on hazardous waste treatment. I'm always on the phone making sure that everyone knows what needs to be done, how a project will be scheduled, and how it will be executed. There's also some client contact, especially when you're in the field. You may be the only person the client sees, so you have to make sure you can communicate to them what you're doing. Companies don't need a specialist at entry-level.