Civil Engineers
Civil Engineers
Career outlook for
Civil Engineers
What's it like?
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
Working conditions
Tasks
- Direct engineering activities, ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, or other governmental regulations.
- Manage and direct the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project site.
- Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards.
- Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, or material stress factors to determine design specifications.
- Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems or structures, using computer-assisted design or drawing tools.
Top Skills
- Critical Thinking.
- Reading Comprehension.
- Active Listening.
- Mathematics.
- Speaking.
- Writing.
- Monitoring.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Coordination.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Systems Analysis.
- Time Management.
- Science.
- Service Orientation.
- Systems Evaluation.
- Operations Analysis.
- Persuasion.
- Negotiation.