Civil Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Civil Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Civil Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Civil Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 36% of Civil Engineer job descriptions contained civil engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil engineer
36%
civil
30%
autocad
30%
3d
30%
engineering
30%
technician
18%
structural
18%
solidworks
18%
project
18%
technical
18%
civil engineering
18%
junior
18%
inventor
18%
industrial
18%
engineer
18%
drainage
18%
highway design
18%
construction
18%
2d
18%
graduate
18%
cad
18%
pds
18%
birmingham
12%
structural engineer
12%
worcester
12%
dmrb
12%
stratford-upon-avon
12%
redditch
12%
civil engineers
12%
drafting
12%
leamington spa
12%
bromsgrove
12%
congleton
6%
crewe
6%
leek
6%
design engineering
6%
stoke-on-trent
6%
belfast
6%
northern ireland
6%
senior civil engineer
6%
design engineer
6%
structural design engineer
6%
microdrainage
6%
civils 3d
6%
cheadle
6%
transport engineer
6%
surveyor
6%
rail engineer
6%
project engineer
6%
infrastructure engineer
6%
highway engineer
6%
geotechnical engineer
6%
environmental engineer
6%
construction manager
6%
s104
6%
causeway flow
6%
s106
6%
s278
6%
s38
6%
senior
6%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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