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How about a professor of civil engineering? A project engineer for a large consulting firm? Or a senior project manager for a construction management firm?</p> <p>While there are no magic formulas to achieve your career goals, your individual interests, skills, and training will dictate the path you should follow. Over time, you may modify your career path based on personal interests, values, goals, experiences, and new opportunities that present themselves.</p> <h2>Your Career. Your Life. What’s Next?</h2> <p>Civil engineers are uniquely positioned to build on their skills and knowledge and serve in a wide range of roles for organizations ranging from small to global, both public and private, and contribute to almost every aspect of creating and maintaining our built environment. Civil engineering careers described here are typical and illustrate the diversity of paths available but don’t cover all of the opportunities that civil engineers are equipped to pursue.</p> <p>More resources to help you choose your path and advance your career are included below.</p> <p><a class="btn" href="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/career-and-growth/career-paths/2021-career-paths-brochure.pdf" target="_blank">Download the Career Paths brochure (PDF)</a></p> <p><a class="btn" href="/career-growth/professional-activities-resource-requests">Request Professional Advancement Resources</a> </p> </div> </section>  <section class="video-with-text" data-video-position="right"> <div class="video-with-text-inner"> <div class="video-with-text-video"> <div class="video-container"> <div style="max-width: 100%;"> <video-js data-account="75114961001" data-player="SFtvStcMPG" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6238360899001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js> </div> <script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/75114961001/SFtvStcMPG_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div> <div class="video-with-text-content"> <div class="eyebrow">Career Path</div> <h2 class="h4">Public Agencies<br/></h2> <div class="wysiwyg-content"> Civil engineers who choose a career in public agencies may work in local, regional, state, or federal agencies. </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section class="rich-text wysiwyg-content"> <div class="rich-text-inner"> <h3>This track is ideal for someone who has a strong desire to:</h3> <ul> <li>help shape their community,</li> <li>make a difference in the world around them,</li> <li>work on a variety of important issues, and</li> <li>see their projects become physical reality.</li> </ul> <p>The work is challenging and varied, requiring a resourceful problem solver with strong technical acumen who enjoys a wide range of experiences. There are early opportunities for taking on significant responsibility for those with a desire to involve themselves in important and complex issues. </p> <p>Along with a clear path for career advancement, engineers in public agencies can expect:</p> <ul> <li>work-life balance, </li> <li>job stability, </li> <li>excellent benefits, and </li> <li>a defined retirement. </li> </ul> <p>Engineers who enjoy working with the public and want to see their work go from concept to physical completion will find this a rewarding career path.</p> </div> </section>   <aside class="ad-space-728"> <div class="ad-space-300-description">Advertising</div> <div class="ad-space-728-embed"> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> aj_server = 'https://asce.nui.media/pipeline/'; aj_tagver = '1.0'; aj_zone = 'asce'; aj_adspot = '661267'; aj_page = '0'; aj_dim ='48156'; aj_ch = ''; aj_ct = ''; aj_kw = ''; aj_pv = true; aj_click = ''; </script><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src=https://img.nui.media/banners/ajtg.js></script> </div> </aside>   <section class="video-with-text" data-video-position="left"> <div class="video-with-text-inner"> <div class="video-with-text-video"> <div class="video-container"> <div style="max-width: 100%;"> <video-js data-account="75114961001" data-player="SFtvStcMPG" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6246742713001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js> </div> <script src="https://players.brightcove.net/75114961001/SFtvStcMPG_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div> <div class="video-with-text-content"> <div class="eyebrow">Career path</div> <h2 class="h4">Education<br/></h2> <div class="wysiwyg-content"> Civil engineers in academia have an opportunity to help shape the future and impact future generations of engineers. </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section class="rich-text wysiwyg-content"> <div class="rich-text-inner"> <h3>Civil engineering educators typically enjoy job stability without routine. </h3> <p>Educators often work collaboratively and have a flexible schedule that may include:</p> <ul> <li>teaching,</li> <li>leading,</li> <li>mentoring, </li> <li>research, and </li> <li>publishing.</li> </ul> <p>Collaborating with other faculty, industry representatives, and government officials is common. At many academic institutions, publishing research findings and obtaining grant funding for your academic institution are key elements to success. 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At larger firms, they may focus on specific projects, an area of technical expertise, or business management and development. </p> <p>Consulting spans the gamut of engineering work, from:</p> <ul> <li>design,</li> <li>project management, </li> <li>forensics, </li> <li>software development, </li> <li>construction services, and more.</li> </ul> <p>Whether at a small or large firm, civil engineers in consulting have control over their own success, with opportunities to advance within companies or become business owners. </p> </div> </section>  <section class="video-with-text" data-video-position="left"> <div class="video-with-text-inner"> <div class="video-with-text-video"> <div class="video-container"> <div style="max-width: 100%;"> <video-js data-account="75114961001" data-player="SFtvStcMPG" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6250917296001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js> </div> <script src="https://players.brightcove.net/75114961001/SFtvStcMPG_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div> <div class="video-with-text-content"> <div class="eyebrow">Career Path</div> <h2 class="h4">Industry<br/></h2> <div class="wysiwyg-content"> Bring technical expertise and innovation to industry for more successful and cost-effective operations, processes, and products. </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section class="rich-text wysiwyg-content"> <div class="rich-text-inner"> <h3>In industry, civil engineers work in diverse settings, including:</h3> <ul> <li>manufacturing, </li> <li>technology, </li> <li>pharmaceuticals, </li> <li>public facilities and utilities, and </li> <li>many others providing goods and services to the public. </li> </ul> <p>Civil engineers in industry manage large plants, oversee the design/construction of facilities, and are instrumental in new ventures requiring environmental site assessments and feasibility studies. They make significant contributions to decrease costs, increase profits, and produce smaller environmental footprints by developing more efficient processes, implementing waste minimization programs, and finding creative solutions to a wide range of issues. </p> <p>The diversity of jobs in industry provides nontraditional career paths, opportunities to build relationships with and learn from industry experts, and solve diverse challenges. </p> </div> </section>  <section class="video-with-text" data-video-position="right"> <div class="video-with-text-inner"> <div class="video-with-text-video"> <div class="video-container"> <div style="max-width: 100%;"> <video-js data-account="75114961001" data-player="SFtvStcMPG" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6257270351001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js> </div> <script src="https://players.brightcove.net/75114961001/SFtvStcMPG_default/index.min.js"></script> </div> </div> <div class="video-with-text-content"> <div class="eyebrow">Career Path</div> <h2 class="h4">Construction<br/></h2> <div class="wysiwyg-content"> Civil engineers in construction have an opportunity to build a sustainable future – ensuring safety and excellence in the built environment. </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section class="rich-text wysiwyg-content"> <div class="rich-text-inner"> <h3>In construction, civil engineers may work for a contractor, owner, developer, or program manager to create the built environment, transforming engineering and architectural design drawings from paper to reality. </h3> <p>They are involved in projects of every size and complexity and may spend much of their time on project sites. No two days are the same as projects progress and present a variety of challenges to be resolved while maintaining that progress. </p> <p>Rewards for those who succeed in this often fast-paced environment include:</p> <ul> <li>higher salaries, </li> <li>team camaraderie, and </li> <li>the satisfaction of seeing tangible results of their work. </li> </ul> <p>Civil engineers in the construction sector are instrumental in building and maintaining the world we live in. </p> </div> </section>  <section class="promo-splitter " data-image-position="right" data-gradient="false"> <div class="promo-splitter-inner"> <div class="promo-splitter-image"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/membership/images/istock-918035570.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=840&ch=590&hash=2B8D15A238C3ED2C98BAAE2B59C4DF78" alt="Two women in discussion, office environment"> <div class="promo-splitter-photo-credit"><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c08aafaba9a3ee8da9acafb380a7ada1a9aceea3afad">[email protected]</a></div> </div> <div class="promo-splitter-content"> <h2 class="h4">Engineering Grades</h2> <div class="wysiwyg-content"> <p> <p>ASCE’s <em>Guidelines for Engineering Grades</em> was created to help engineers and their employers recognize an engineer’s level of professional development and career advancement. 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