Also called: Hydraulic Engineer
Plans how communities store, move, and protect water: dams, canals, stormwater, and flood control.
You model how a big storm will flood a neighborhood, design a stormwater basin, and plan a pipeline to bring water to a growing city.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in civil engineering; PE license.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI flood and stormwater models run faster, trimming junior modeling work; design and PE sign-off stay human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2051.
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