Have you ever looked at a massive bridge, a clean water system, or a well-designed highway and wondered who built that? Civil engineers are the hidden architects of our world!
A Civil Engineering degree prepares you to tackle humanity’s biggest challenges in resource management and urban development. This versatile degree opens doors to many different careers!
Core Civil Engineering Careers
While being a civil engineer is your general career title, you can actually focus on specific areas of infrastructure and environmental systems. Some of these include:
- Environmental/Water Resource Engineer: Plan and manage facilities to supply and transport water used for municipal, agricultural, and industrial activities.
- Structural Engineer: Design buildings, bridges, and other structures to withstand the forces of nature in performing their intended functions and protecting human safety.
- Transportation Engineer: Design roads and highways, manage traffic systems, plan transportation systems, and develop new technologies to improve transportation and maintain safety.
Other Related Fields
Civil engineers are also skilled in analytical, problem-solving, and project management. Here are some of these other related fields you can get with a civil engineering degree:
- Architectural & Engineering Managers: Plan, direct, and coordinate activities in the architecture and engineering departments.
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians: With this career only needing an associate degree, you will help civil engineers plan, design, and build different projects.
- Construction Managers: Plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise different construction projects.
- Environmental Engineers: Use your engineering skills to develop solutions to problems in planetary health.
- Project Management Specialists: Coordinate the budget, schedule, staffing, and other managerial needs of a project.
Build Your Future
A Civil Engineering degree unlocks a future of diverse careers just for you! Whether you aspire to work hands-on in careers such as structural or environmental engineering, or in managerial roles such as an architectural or engineering manager or a construction manager, the core analytical, problem-solving, and project coordination skills you develop will prepare you for these roles.
You’ll not only be prepared to pursue a career with these jobs, but you’ll build your future as one of the hidden architects in the world!
Sources
“Civil Engineers: Occupational Outlook Handbook,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, (2025)
“Civil Engineering (B.S.),” BYU-Idaho, (2025)