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, 43% of Civil Engineer job descriptions contained civil engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil engineer
43%
civil
36%
engineering
36%
autocad
29%
3d
29%
structural
22%
technician
22%
technical
22%
solidworks
22%
project
22%
junior
22%
inventor
22%
industrial
22%
engineer
22%
construction
22%
graduate
22%
cad
22%
2d
22%
stratford-upon-avon
15%
structural engineer
15%
worcester
15%
pds
15%
redditch
15%
leamington spa
15%
birmingham
15%
bromsgrove
15%
senior civil engineer
8%
cheadle
8%
congleton
8%
crewe
8%
leek
8%
stoke-on-trent
8%
belfast
8%
northern ireland
8%
drainage
8%
design engineer
8%
structural design engineer
8%
civil engineering
8%
drafting
8%
civil engineers
8%
highway design
8%
dmrb
8%
construction manager
8%
senior
8%
s38
8%
s278
8%
s106
8%
s104
8%
causeway flow
8%
microdrainage
8%
civils 3d
8%
transport engineer
8%
environmental engineer
8%
geotechnical engineer
8%
highway engineer
8%
infrastructure engineer
8%
project engineer
8%
rail engineer
8%
surveyor
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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