How To Become A Resource Recovery Engineer: What It Is and Career Path

What is a resource recovery engineer and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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Quoted expert

Esber Andiroglu PhD, PE, LEED AP

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a resource recovery engineer. For example, did you know that they make an average of $46.78 an hour? That's $97,311 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 7% and produce 22,100 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to a resource recovery engineer?

Esber Andiroglu PhD, PE, LEED AP

Associate Professor of Practice, Dept. of Civil & Architectural Engineering, Director of Construction Management Programs, University of Miami

Interdisciplinary and transformative design and construction approaches; integration of emerging technological innovations into practice; integration of software tools into everyday problem solving; solid knowledge about smart systems and AI applications; good understanding and ability to use data analytics

ScoreResource Recovery EngineerUS Average

Salary

7.5

Avg. Salary $97,311

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

7.3

Growth rate 7%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

6.5

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31%

Asian 13.62%

Black or African American 3.99%

Hispanic or Latino 11.68%

Unknown 4.69%

White 65.72%

Gender

female 10.20%

male 89.80%

Age - 39

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 39

Stress level

7.3

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.3

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

5.1

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a resource recovery engineer

Explore resource recovery engineer education requirements

Most common resource recovery engineer degrees

Bachelor's

64.8 %

Associate

18.3 %

Master's

11.3 %

Start to develop specific resource recovery engineer skills

Skills	Percentages
Windows	20.50%
EMC	9.91%
Backup Recovery	9.90%
Commvault	9.59%
Linux	7.81%

Complete relevant resource recovery engineer training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New resource recovery engineers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a resource recovery engineer based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real resource recovery engineer resumes.

Research resource recovery engineer duties and responsibilities

Manage test lab, install and maintain all UNIX test beds and manage re-creation of customer environments.
Deploy and manage Citrix environments utilizing publish desktops and publish applications to make available to users both internally and externally.
Configure Avamar for NDMP for backing up NAS filers.
Set up backups to work with windows operating system 2000 , 2003 2008 and Linux.

Apply for resource recovery engineer jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a resource recovery engineer job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams