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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
- Railroad Design Consultant
- 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
- 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
- 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 “Geotechnical Engineer”
- Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
- Analyze manufacturing processes or byproducts to identify engineering solutions to minimize the output of carbon or other pollutants.
- Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations or establish reference points, grades, or elevations to guide construction.
- Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, or other topographical or geologic data.
- Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impact.
- Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems or structures using computer assisted design or drawing tools.
- 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.
- Test soils or materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel.
- Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards.
- Develop or implement engineering solutions to clean up industrial accidents or other contaminated sites.
- Identify environmental risks and develop risk management strategies for civil engineering projects.
- Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, or material stress factors to determine design specifications.
- 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.
- Direct engineering activities ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, or other governmental regulations.
- Provide technical advice to industrial or managerial personnel regarding design, construction, or program modifications or structural repairs.
Related Technology & Tools
- Anemometers
- Protractors
- Precision levels
- Surveying wheels
- Laptop computers
- Digital cameras
- Total stations
- Desktop computers
- Thickness gauges
- Radar guns
- Rhodes arcs
- Transit levels
- Drafting scales
- Microfilm readers
- Measuring tapes
- Traffic counters
- Theodolites
- Blueprint copiers
- Two way radios
- Rolling scales
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Dividers
- Planimeters
- Laser levels
- Electronic distance measuring devices
- Drafting triangles
- Compasses
- Steel rules
- Surveying rods
- Autodesk Revit
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Road design software
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Spreadsheet software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- HEC-HMS
- Eagle Point Site Design
- Data entry software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Intergraph MGE
- Bridge design software
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Microsoft ActiveX
- MAYA Nastran
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Bentley InRoads Site
- Bentley MicroStation
- The Gordian Group PROGEN Online
- Scheduling software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Microsoft Excel
- Hydraulic analysis software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Stormwater hydrology software
- Microsoft Access
- HEC-1
- SAP
- Microsoft Project
- Extensible markup language XML
- GT STRUDL
- Corel WordPerfect
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Bentley Haestad Methods CivilStorm
- WinTR-55
- Cost estimating software
- Web browser software
- ESRI ArcView
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Trimble Terramodel
- Graphics software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Word
- Cartography software
- Hydraulic modeling software
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge
- Finite element analysis FEA software
- Trimble Geomatics Office
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Microsoft Office
- Verilog
- Dassasult Systemes Abaqus
- Email software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- HydroCAD Software Solutions HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling System
- Minitab
- Research Engineers International STAAD.Pro