Civil Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Civil Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Civil role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Civil job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 59% of Civil job descriptions contained civil as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil
59%
engineering
50%
technician
50%
junior
42%
inventor
42%
cad
42%
civil engineer
42%
autocad
42%
3d
42%
2d
42%
technical
42%
structural
42%
solidworks
42%
project
42%
industrial
42%
graduate
42%
engineer
42%
construction
42%
stoke-on-trent
25%
crewe
25%
leek
25%
congleton
25%
cheadle
25%
design
17%
birmingham
17%
bromsgrove
17%
leamington spa
17%
redditch
17%
stratford-upon-avon
17%
worcester
17%
senior
9%
belfast
9%
northern ireland
9%
senior civil engineer
9%
apprenticeship
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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