Thursday, February 9, 2012
Careers and Sub-disciplines (Civil Engineering)
Careers
There is no one typical career path for civil engineers. Most
people who graduate with civil engineering degrees start with jobs that require
a low level of responsibility, and as the new engineers prove their competence,
they are trusted with tasks that have larger consequences and require a higher
level of responsibility. However, within each branch of civil engineering
career path options vary. In some fields and firms, entry-level engineers are
put to work primarily monitoring construction in the field, serving as the
"eyes and ears" of senior design engineers; while in other areas,
entry-level engineers perform the more routine tasks of analysis or design and
interpretation. Experienced engineers generally do more complex analysis or
design work, or management of more complex design projects, or management of
other engineers, or into specialized consulting, including forensic engineering.
Sub-disciplines
In general, civil engineering is concerned with the overall
interface of human created fixed projects with the greater world. General civil
engineers work closely with surveyors and specialized civil engineers to fit
and serve fixed projects within their given site, community and terrain by
designing grading, drainage, pavement, water supply, sewer service, electric
and communications supply, and land divisions. General engineers spend much of
their time visiting project sites, developing community consensus, and
preparing construction plans. General civil engineering is also referred to as site engineering, a branch
of civil engineering that primarily focuses on converting a tract of land from
one usage to another. Civil engineers typically apply the principles of
geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering,
transportation engineering and construction engineering to residential,
commercial, industrial and public works projects of all sizes and levels of
construction.
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