Careers

of Civil
Engineers
 Building Control Geotechnical
Surveyor Engineer

Consulting Civil Engineer Materials Engineer

Contracting Civil Project Engineer

Engineer
Environmental
Engineer
Civil Design Engineer

Director Engineer Sales Engineer

 Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

Logistics Patent Law Procurement, Supply Chain Teaching, Technical

And Purchasing Management Academia Consulting
Intellectual And Buying And
Property Lecturing
 Building Control Surveyor

❑ Overseeing the work of building surveyors.

❑ Ensure that new buildings meet the regulatory standards.
❑ Offer advice
❑ Examining and Commenting on plans.
❑ Keeping up to date with relevant regulations and legislation
 Consulting Civil Engineer

❑ Provide expert advice.

❑ Make expert assessments of selected sites for
construction.
❑ Responsible for creating detailed drawings.
❑ In charge of finalizing construction plans.
❑ Responsible for resolving any issues offering expert
advice.
 Contracting Civil Engineer

- Turns the plans of consulting civil engineers into reality.

❑ Oversee the actual construction on the ground.

❑ Organize human and material resources on site.
❑ Take responsibility for health and safety on site.
❑ Supervise construction.
 Civil Design Engineer

❑ Perform research and come up with new ideas for products

and the systems used to create them.
❑ Develop cost-effective design layouts
❑ Use latest software and technologies to develop effective
designs
❑ Provide assistance to design and construction teams.
 Site Civil Engineer

❑ Set out and determine the location for infrastructural

installations.
❑ Responsibility for site security.
❑ Act as the main technical adviser.
❑ Oversee the selection and requisition of materials.
 Structural Engineer

❑ Primarily concerned with designing and constructing buildings

and structures that are safe and capable of withstanding the
elements.
❑ Design the framework that holds a building or structure together.
❑ Providing technical advice.
❑ Will specialize in a type of project (or infrastructure), such as
bridges or buildings.
 Water Resource Engineer

❑ Broadly relates to the assessment of the quantity.

❑ Understanding the natural processes of the hydrological
cycle.
❑ Advise on sustainable use of resources by conserving
water.
❑ Development of conceptual and numerical models of the
hydrological cycle
 Geotechnical Engineer

❑ Geotechnical engineers understands and works with soil

and rock, underground water, site and structural
conditions.
❑ It is multi-disciplinary.
❑ Required to analyze the results of subsurface
investigations and field tests with dedicated software.
 Environmental Engineer

❑ - Uses the principles of engineering, soil science, biology,

and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental
problems.
❑ - Conduct hazardous-waste management studies in which
they evaluate the significance of the hazard and advise on
treating and containing it.
 Materials Engineer

❑ Develop processes to create materials used in a variety of

products.
❑ Create new composites or develop new uses for materials,
such as making semiconductors for fiber-optic
communication systems out of ceramic and metal.
 Sales Engineer

❑ Sell complex scientific and technological products or

services to businesses.
❑ Specialize in technologically and scientifically advanced
products.
❑ Increasingly doing other tasks related to sales, such as
market research.
 Project Engineer

❑ Responsible for all engineering and technical disciplines

that projects involve.
❑ They schedule, plan, forecast, resource and manage all the
technical activities aiming at assuring project accuracy and
quality from conception to completion.
 Director Engineer

❑ Leads the entire engineering department, that is, the

frontend development and backend development teams.
❑ In charge of the management of technical integrations
and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart
from Being an Engineer
Logistics
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

❑ Covers the physical movement of materials.

❑ The transfer of raw materials to manufacturing facilities or the
distribution of products to customers.
❑ Consider the impact of your decisions on the business as a
whole
Patent law and Intellectual Property
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

❑ Specialized legal professional who is qualified to write, obtain

and advise clients about patents and to protect the intellectual
property (IP) rights in commercial products or processes.
Procurement, Purchasing and Buying
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

❑ Procurement is the process of buying equipment and parts

for projects at the right price and quality, so that they can be
delivered to where they need to be at the right time.
❑ Drawing up lists of preferred suppliers
❑ Choosing suppliers based on quality, price and schedule
❑ Checking progress and quality
Supply Chain Management
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

❑ Involves managing raw materials, production lines,

manufacturing processes and logistics to maintain a
supply of high-quality products to customers.
❑ All about perfecting the processes in the chain to provide
the best service for customers
Teaching, Academia and Lecturing
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

❑ Help train others and turn young scientists into budding

engineers.
❑ Working with children.
❑ Strong communication skills.
Technical Consulting
Careers for Engineering Graduates Apart from Being an Engineer

❑ Help organizations to solve their business problems.

❑ Cover anything that might impact on the profitability of an
organization.
❑ Use data analysis and statistical modelling to come up with
creative solutions to business problems.
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