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, 37% of Civil Engineering job descriptions contained design as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

design
37%
structural
37%
engineer
37%
civil
37%
engineering
28%
civil engineering
28%
construction
28%
burton upon trent
19%
derby
19%
long eaton
19%
loughborough
19%
graduate civil engineer
19%
nottingham
19%
autocad
19%
project
19%
civil engineer
19%
geology
19%
marine
19%
inspection
10%
mining
10%
beng
10%
degree
10%
junior civil engineer
10%
civils 3d
10%
cad
10%
labourer
10%
microdrainage
10%
graduate
10%
masonry
10%
contractors
10%
height
10%
site engineer
10%
surveying
10%
draughting
10%
travel
10%
testing
10%
underwater
10%
trades
10%
ice
10%
bricklayer
10%
btec
10%
infrastructure
10%
carpenter
10%
autocad civil 3d
10%
istructe
10%
concrete
10%
civil design
10%
assistant engineer
10%
meng
10%
formwork
10%
mentoring
10%
groundworks
10%
relationships
10%
geotechnical
10%
shoring
10%
hnc
10%
apprentice
10%
marine engineer
10%
coast
10%
hnd
10%
land surveyor
10%
structural engineer
10%
coastal
10%
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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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