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Job Description
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3022.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 52,120.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
- Currently, there are 72,150 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Civil Engineering Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Transportation Engineering Technician
- Engineering Technician
- Engineering Specialist
- Engineering Assistant
- Design Technician
- Construction Analyst
- Civil Engineering Technician
- Civil Engineering Designer
- Civil Engineering Assistant
- Civil Designer
- Truss Designer
- Structural Technician
- Structural Engineering Technician
- Project Engineer
- Plumbing Designer
- Parking Analyst
- Highway Technician
- Highway Engineering Technician
- Highway Construction Inspector
- Geotechnical Engineering Technician
- Fire Protection Engineering Technician
- Field Technician
- Facility Planner
- Engineering Designer
- Engineering Construction Inspector
- Engineering Aide
- Engineer Technician
- Engineer Assistant
- Drafting Technician
- Design Engineer
- Construction Inspector
- Concrete Engineering Technician
- Civil Engineer's Aide
- Civil Engineer Helper
- Bridge Construction Inspector
Tasks for “Surveyor”
- Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
- Conduct materials test and analysis using tools and equipment and applying engineering knowledge.
- Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures.
- Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.
- Evaluate facility to determine suitability for occupancy and square footage availability.
- Prepare reports and document project activities and data.
- Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts.
- Plan and conduct field surveys to locate new sites and analyze details of project sites.
- Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes.
- Respond to public suggestions and complaints.
- Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities using calculator or computer.
- Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.
Related Technology & Tools
- Precision levels
- Strain gauges
- Pocket penetrometers
- Hand augers
- Soil moisture meters
- Laboratory test sieves
- Drying ovens
- Transit levels
- Metal cones
- Two way radios
- Mechanical sieve shakers
- Safety glasses
- Filter papers
- Analytical balances
- Field data collectors
- Surveying rods
- Compression testing machines
- Brickmasons' trowels
- Straightedges
- Load cells
- Measuring tapes
- Split spoon samplers
- Nuclear densometers
- Bucket augers
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Hand-operated boring machines
- Safety gloves
- Machetes
- Soil resistivity test kits
- Blueprint machines
- Hydrometers
- Magnetic stirrers
- Laboratory bulb syringes
- Evaporating dishes
- Soil sampling tubes
- Thin-walled Shelby tubes
- Rubber mallets
- Dropping pipettes
- Kneading compactors
- Torvanes
- Rotary rock drills
- Dilatometers
- Paving sample splitters
- pH testers
- Graduated glass cylinders
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
- Water samplers
- Laboratory balances
- Picks
- Glass beakers
- Wide-mouthed funnels
- Precipitation gauges
- Seismographs
- Stabilometers
- Laboratory vials
- Slump cones
- Tamping rods
- Glass burets
- Inclinometers
- Theodolites
- Vibration monitors
- Personal computers
- Small-gauge surface drilling rigs
- Soil augers
- Computer scanners
- Dessicators
- Plotters
- Sledgehammers
- Soil testing kits
- Total stations
- Soil density testers
- Pycnometers
- Stream flow gauges
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Engineers' transits
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Autodesk Revit
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Bentley Microstation
- Microsoft Word
- Graphics software
- Digital terrain modeling software
- Coordinate geometry COGO software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Spreadsheet software
- SAP
- Microsoft Outlook
- Email software
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Excel