Civil Engineer

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: City Engineer; Civil Engineer; County Engineer; Design Engineer; Engineer; Geotechnical Engineer; Licensed Engineer; Project Engineer; Railroad Design Consultant; Structural Engineer

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.
• Provide technical advice to industrial or managerial personnel regarding design, construction, program modifications, or structural repairs.
• Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, or other topographical or geologic data.
• Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations or establish reference points, grades, or elevations to guide construction.
• Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
• Prepare or present public reports on topics such as bid proposals, deeds, environmental impact statements, or property and right-of-way descriptions.
• Design energy-efficient or environmentally sound civil structures.

Knowledge

• Engineering and Technology
• Design
• Building and Construction
• Mathematics
• English Language
• Physics
• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• Public Safety and Security
• Law and Government
• Computers and Electronics
• Transportation

Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Mathematics
• Critical Thinking
• Science
• Writing
• Active Learning
• Monitoring

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Fluency of Ideas
• Category Flexibility
• Number Facility
• Visualization
• Near Vision
• Flexibility of Closure
• Perceptual Speed
• Far Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity
• Originality
• Selective Attention