High opportunity occupation
About this job
Civil engineers plan, design, develop and manage projects for constructing or repairing building structures and systems. This includes:
- Buildings
- Earth and water retaining structures
- Roads, bridges and tunnels
- Airports
- Railways and rapid transit facilities
- Canals and dams
- Ports and coastal systems
- Systems related to highway transportation services, water distribution, and sanitation
Watch the video below to see what a day in the life of a civil engineer is like.
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Civil engineers work in a wide range of industries including construction, transportation, waterways and utilities. People in this job can work for both the private and public sectors, which includes engineering consulting companies, construction firms, and government organizations. Civil engineers can work as employees for a company or can be self-employed.
Civil engineers may specialize in foundation analysis, building and structural inspection, surveying, geomatics and municipal planning.
Common job titles
- engineer, appraisal
- engineer, architectural
- engineer, asphalt / highway
- engineer, bridge / tunnel / builiding
- engineer, cartographic / mapping
- engineer, civil - environmental
- engineer, civil - inspection / structural
- engineer, civil - materials & testing
- engineer, coastal
- engineer, construction / foundation
- engineer, county / municipal / district
- engineer, dams / river and canal works
- engineer, drainage - land / design
- engineer, environmental
- engineer, geodetic / geomatics
- engineer, hydraulics
- engineer, hydrographic / hydrological
- engineer, irrigation and drainage
- engineer, noise / pollution
- engineer, ocean / navigation & positioning
- engineer, photogrammetric
- engineer, precision survey
- engineer, public health / public works
- engineer, reclamation
- engineer, remote sensing
- engineer, sanitation / solid waste mgmt
- engineer, soil
- engineer, spatial information systems
- engineer, survey / surveying
- engineer, traffic / air / rail / roads
- engineer, water & sewer / water treatment
- engineer, water management / resources
- engineer, appraisal
- engineer, architectural
- engineer, asphalt / highway
- engineer, bridge / tunnel / builiding
- engineer, cartographic / mapping
- engineer, civil - environmental
- engineer, civil - inspection / structural
- engineer, civil - materials & testing
- engineer, coastal
- engineer, construction / foundation
- engineer, county / municipal / district
- engineer, dams / river and canal works
- engineer, drainage - land / design
- engineer, environmental
- engineer, geodetic / geomatics
- engineer, hydraulics
- engineer, hydrographic / hydrological
- engineer, irrigation and drainage
- engineer, noise / pollution
- engineer, ocean / navigation & positioning
- engineer, photogrammetric
- engineer, precision survey
- engineer, public health / public works
- engineer, reclamation
- engineer, remote sensing
- engineer, sanitation / solid waste mgmt
- engineer, soil
- engineer, spatial information systems
- engineer, survey / surveying
- engineer, traffic / air / rail / roads
- engineer, water & sewer / water treatment
- engineer, water management / resources
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$92,246
Source:
2019 Job Bank Wage data
Provincial hourly rate
Source: 2019 Job Bank Wage Report