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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3022.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 52,120.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
- Currently, there are 72,150 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Civil Engineering Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Transportation Engineering Technician
- Engineering Technician
- Engineering Specialist
- Engineering Assistant
- Design Technician
- Construction Analyst
- Civil Engineering Technician
- Civil Engineering Designer
- Civil Engineering Assistant
- Civil Designer
- Truss Designer
- Structural Technician
- Structural Engineering Technician
- Project Engineer
- Plumbing Designer
- Parking Analyst
- Highway Technician
- Highway Engineering Technician
- Highway Construction Inspector
- Geotechnical Engineering Technician
- Fire Protection Engineering Technician
- Field Technician
- Facility Planner
- Engineering Designer
- Engineering Construction Inspector
- Engineering Aide
- Engineer Technician
- Engineer Assistant
- Drafting Technician
- Design Engineer
- Construction Inspector
- Concrete Engineering Technician
- Civil Engineer's Aide
- Civil Engineer Helper
- Bridge Construction Inspector
Tasks for “Surveyor”
- Prepare reports and document project activities and data.
- Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.
- Conduct materials test and analysis using tools and equipment and applying engineering knowledge.
- Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures.
- Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts.
- Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
- Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.
- Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities using calculator or computer.
- Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes.
- Respond to public suggestions and complaints.
- Evaluate facility to determine suitability for occupancy and square footage availability.
- Plan and conduct field surveys to locate new sites and analyze details of project sites.
Related Technology & Tools
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Theodolites
- Tamping rods
- Glass beakers
- Vibration monitors
- Evaporating dishes
- Drying ovens
- pH testers
- Load cells
- Pocket penetrometers
- Straightedges
- Brickmasons' trowels
- Torvanes
- Split spoon samplers
- Filter papers
- Rotary rock drills
- Wide-mouthed funnels
- Graduated glass cylinders
- Water samplers
- Stabilometers
- Soil augers
- Engineers' transits
- Hydrometers
- Inclinometers
- Laboratory balances
- Laboratory bulb syringes
- Soil moisture meters
- Stream flow gauges
- Glass burets
- Slump cones
- Laboratory vials
- Paving sample splitters
- Metal cones
- Dropping pipettes
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Soil sampling tubes
- Bucket augers
- Blueprint machines
- Precipitation gauges
- Laboratory test sieves
- Pycnometers
- Safety glasses
- Kneading compactors
- Two way radios
- Analytical balances
- Machetes
- Rubber mallets
- Personal computers
- Sledgehammers
- Dessicators
- Transit levels
- Surveying rods
- Picks
- Plotters
- Hand-operated boring machines
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
- Hand augers
- Small-gauge surface drilling rigs
- Field data collectors
- Nuclear densometers
- Mechanical sieve shakers
- Total stations
- Soil resistivity test kits
- Compression testing machines
- Computer scanners
- Seismographs
- Magnetic stirrers
- Strain gauges
- Measuring tapes
- Safety gloves
- Precision levels
- Thin-walled Shelby tubes
- Soil testing kits
- Soil density testers
- Dilatometers
- IBM Notes
- Email software
- Coordinate geometry COGO software
- Graphics software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- SAP
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Digital terrain modeling software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk Revit
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Spreadsheet software
- Web browser software
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Microsoft Office
- Bentley Microstation
- Microsoft Excel
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD