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, 47% of Civil Engineer job descriptions contained civil engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil engineer
47%
engineering
34%
civil
34%
autocad
27%
3d
27%
project
20%
solidworks
20%
2d
20%
graduate
20%
cad
20%
structural
20%
technical
20%
technician
20%
construction
20%
engineer
20%
industrial
20%
inventor
20%
junior
20%
bromsgrove
14%
birmingham
14%
leamington spa
14%
redditch
14%
drainage
14%
stratford-upon-avon
14%
worcester
14%
pds
14%
structural engineer
14%
congleton
7%
cheadle
7%
transport engineer
7%
surveyor
7%
civil engineers
7%
rail engineer
7%
highway design
7%
crewe
7%
drafting
7%
dmrb
7%
leek
7%
stoke-on-trent
7%
belfast
7%
northern ireland
7%
senior civil engineer
7%
design engineer
7%
structural design engineer
7%
civil engineering
7%
s106
7%
design
7%
groundworks
7%
homes
7%
housing
7%
residential
7%
causeway flow
7%
civils 3d
7%
microdrainage
7%
s104
7%
project engineer
7%
s278
7%
s38
7%
senior
7%
construction manager
7%
environmental engineer
7%
geotechnical engineer
7%
highway engineer
7%
infrastructure engineer
7%
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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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