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, 82% of Civil job descriptions contained civil engineering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil engineering
82%
drainage
73%
structural engineering
46%
highways
37%
infrastructure
37%
bridge engineering
37%
engineering
28%
civil
28%
civil design
19%
civil engineer
19%
residential
19%
design engineer
19%
civil design engineer
19%
civil engineers
10%
wales
10%
swansea
10%
south wales
10%
pontypridd
10%
highways engineer
10%
drainage engineer
10%
civils
10%
cardiff
10%
housing
10%
design
10%
leicester
10%
engineer
10%
cad
10%
3d design
10%
northern ireland
10%
graduate civil engineer
10%
belfast
10%
microdrainage
10%
industrial
10%
commercial
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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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