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Civil Engineers
Also called: Civil Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Engineer
Career Cluster: Architecture & Construction
Also called: Civil Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Engineer
Career Cluster: Architecture & Construction
What they do:
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
KNOWLEDGEEngineering and Technology
- design
- product and service development
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
- English language
- management
SKILLSBasic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIESVisual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
PERSONALITYPeople interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership Orientation
- Achievement Orientation
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Cautiousness
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
TECHNOLOGYYou might use software like this on the job:
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Autodesk Revit
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Procore software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree usually needed SEARCH ALL PROGRAMS & MAJORS SEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
JOB OUTLOOK
Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
High: $160,990.00
Median: $99,590.00
Low: $65,920.00
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