Also called: Site Civil Engineer, Site Design Engineer
Designs the grading, streets, drainage and utilities for new neighborhoods and shopping centers.
You take a bare cow pasture and design where 200 houses, their streets, sewers and stormwater ponds will go. You shape the land in 3D software so rain flows the right way and work with the city to get permits.
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. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Civil Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. Civil design software and AI auto-grade sites and lay out utilities, squeezing junior drafting; permits and client work stay human.
Classes: Algebra II, Drafting or CAD, Earth science, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2051.
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