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

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Civil Engineering Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Civil Engineering role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Civil Engineering job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 42% of Civil Engineering job descriptions contained construction as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

construction
42%
civil engineering
34%
civil engineer
25%
temporary works
17%
leicester
17%
loughborough
17%
nottingham
17%
proposal editor
17%
tender
17%
lifting
17%
pipeline
17%
modular
17%
structural engineer
17%
associate structural engineer
17%
bridge engineer
17%
principal structural engineer
17%
senior structural engineer
17%
structural cad technician
17%
structural revit technician
17%
civil
17%
design
17%
derby
17%
bid writer
17%
engineering
17%
document writer
17%
swindon
17%
lss
9%
autocad
9%
cheltenham
9%
chippenham
9%
cirencester
9%
draughtsman
9%
gloucester
9%
groundworks
9%
oxford
9%
high wycombe
9%
engineer
9%
didcot
9%
demolition
9%
cad
9%
oxfordshire
9%
project
9%
reading
9%
structural
9%
wallingford
9%
project manager
9%
apprenticeship
9%
abingdon
9%
mechanical
9%
london
9%
electrical
9%
east anglia
9%
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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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