Civil Engineering Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Civil Engineering Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Civil Engineering role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Civil Engineering job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Civil Engineering job descriptions contained construction as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

construction
50%
engineering
30%
project
30%
engineer
30%
design
30%
civil
30%
ecs
20%
structural
20%
project manager
20%
civil engineering
20%
electrical
20%
cad
20%
taunton
10%
modular
10%
loughborough
10%
leicester
10%
document writer
10%
derby
10%
bid writer
10%
yeovil
10%
weston-super-mare
10%
nottingham
10%
customer service
10%
temporary works
10%
somerset
10%
minehead
10%
management
10%
exeter
10%
chard
10%
bridgwater
10%
east anglia
10%
swindon
10%
wallingford
10%
reading
10%
oxfordshire
10%
oxford
10%
mechanical
10%
london
10%
high wycombe
10%
proposal editor
10%
didcot
10%
civil engineer
10%
lifting
10%
apprenticeship
10%
abingdon
10%
tender
10%
pipeline
10%
maintenance
10%
under
10%
solidworks
10%
revit
10%
production
10%
oldham
10%
middleton
10%
manufacturing
10%
manchester
10%
civils
10%
lyne
10%
install
10%
industrial
10%
aviation
10%
autocad
10%
aerospace
10%
surveyor
10%
electrical equipment
10%
principal contractor
10%
architect
10%
site management
10%
planning
10%
health & safety
10%
site agent
10%
roofing
10%
projects
10%
principle contract
10%
architectural
10%
newcastle
10%
meetings
10%
cscs
10%
costings
10%
contracts manager
10%
contracts
10%
contract manager
10%
construction management
10%

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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