Civil Engineers - Main Civil Engineers Civil engineers plan, design, and manage the construction of roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, dams, pipelines, water systems, and wastewater systems. During the planning of a project, civil engineers may study building sites and transportation routes, draw layouts, make models, and discuss alternatives with clients. Attending public hearings and other meetings is part of the job.
Civil engineers use computers for many applications.
This includes computing stresses and strains on structures, designing highways and pipelines, and plotting subdivisions. Civil Engineers is in the Engineering, Science, and Technologies Career Cluster.