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, 93% of Civil Engineer job descriptions contained civil engineering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil engineering
93%
drainage
54%
structural engineering
47%
highways
39%
infrastructure
39%
bridge engineering
39%
engineering
31%
civil engineer
24%
cad
16%
civil design
16%
leicester
16%
engineer
16%
civil
16%
3d design
16%
northern ireland
8%
graduate civil engineer
8%
local authorities
8%
site visits
8%
belfast
8%
civil engineers
8%
civil 3d
8%
construction industry
8%
microdrainage
8%
pds
8%
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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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