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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2051.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 89,730.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 43.00
- Currently, there are 287,800 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Civil Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Civil Engineers
- Traffic Engineer
- Structural Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Design Engineer
- County Engineer
- Civil Engineering Manager
- Civil Engineer
- City Engineer
- Bridge/Structure Inspection Team Leader
- Zoning Engineer
- Water Systems Engineer
- Water Systems Designer
- Wastewater Plant Civil Engineer
- Utility Engineer
- Traveling Engineer
- Transportation Engineer
- Transportation Consultant
- Transportation Analyst
- Track Production Engineer
- Topographical Engineer
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Structural Steel Engineer
- Structural Engineering Project Manager
- Structural Designer
- Structural Design Engineer
- Stress Engineer
- Street Engineer
- Sanitary Engineer
- Road Engineer
- Road Design Engineer
- Resource Recovery Engineer
- Resident Engineer
- Reservoir Engineer
- Reclamation Engineer
- Railroad Engineer
- Railroad Design Consultant
- Process Engineer
- Plans Examiner
- Municipal Engineer
- Material Engineer
- Mapping Engineer
- Maintenance Engineer
- Irrigation Engineer
- Hydrographic Engineer
- Hydroelectric Plant Structural Engineer
- Hydraulic Engineer
- Highway Safety Engineer
- Highway Research Engineer
- Highway Engineer
- Highway Design Engineer
- Geotechnical Engineer
- Geological Engineer
- Geodetic Engineer
- Foundation Engineer
- Forestry Engineer
- Forest Engineer
- Facilities Engineer
- Erecting Engineer
- Environmental Construction Engineer
- Engineer
- Energy Infrastructure Engineer
- Drainage Engineer
- Drainage Design Coordinator
- District Engineer
- Demolition Engineer
- Contracting Engineer
- Construction Engineer
- Condemnation Engineer
- Concrete Engineer
- Civil Engineering Project Manager
- Cartographic Engineer
- Cadastral Engineer
- Building Engineer
- Building Construction Engineer
- Bridge Engineer
- Bridge Design Engineer
- Base Engineer
- Asphalt Engineer
- Architectural Engineer
- Airport Engineer
Tasks for “Railroad Design Consultant”
- Prepare or present public reports on topics such as bid proposals, deeds, environmental impact statements, or property and right-of-way descriptions.
- Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems or structures using computer assisted design or drawing tools.
- Develop or implement engineering solutions to clean up industrial accidents or other contaminated sites.
- Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards.
- Direct engineering activities ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, or other governmental regulations.
- Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations or establish reference points, grades, or elevations to guide construction.
- Identify environmental risks and develop risk management strategies for civil engineering projects.
- Provide technical advice to industrial or managerial personnel regarding design, construction, or program modifications or structural repairs.
- Design or engineer systems to efficiently dispose of chemical, biological, or other toxic wastes.
- Manage and direct the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project site.
- Analyze manufacturing processes or byproducts to identify engineering solutions to minimize the output of carbon or other pollutants.
- Test soils or materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel.
- Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, or other topographical or geologic data.
- Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
- Design energy efficient or environmentally sound civil structures.
- Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, or material stress factors to determine design specifications.
- Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impact.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dividers
- Precision levels
- Drafting triangles
- Protractors
- Laptop computers
- Surveying rods
- Electronic distance measuring devices
- Total stations
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Steel rules
- Theodolites
- Measuring tapes
- Drafting scales
- Microfilm readers
- Compasses
- Digital cameras
- Rhodes arcs
- Blueprint copiers
- Two way radios
- Transit levels
- Anemometers
- Planimeters
- Traffic counters
- Desktop computers
- Laser levels
- Rolling scales
- Thickness gauges
- Surveying wheels
- Radar guns
- Microsoft Excel
- GT STRUDL
- Finite element analysis FEA software
- Verilog
- Microsoft ActiveX
- Stormwater hydrology software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Spreadsheet software
- Eagle Point Site Design
- Microsoft Outlook
- Bentley InRoads Site
- Autodesk Revit
- MAYA Nastran
- Hydraulic modeling software
- HEC-HMS
- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
- Data entry software
- Cartography software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Cost estimating software
- Minitab
- Email software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- HEC-1
- Graphics software
- Road design software
- Trimble Terramodel
- HydroCAD Software Solutions HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling System
- Bentley Haestad Methods CivilStorm
- SAP
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Scheduling software
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Intergraph MGE
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Microsoft Word
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Bridge design software
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Research Engineers International STAAD.Pro
- Trimble Geomatics Office
- Geographic information system GIS software
- The Gordian Group PROGEN Online
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Extensible markup language XML
- Web browser software
- Bentley MicroStation
- Corel WordPerfect
- Hydraulic analysis software
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- ESRI ArcView
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- WinTR-55
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge