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