Civil Engineers

Civil Engineers typically perform the following 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. • Test soils or materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel. • Identify environmental risks and develop risk management strategies for civil engineering projects. • Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impact. • Develop or implement engineering solutions to clean up industrial accidents or other contaminated sites. • Design or engineer systems to efficiently dispose of chemical, biological, or other toxic wastes. • Use drone technology for site surveying, inspection, and monitoring of infrastructure projects.