r/civilengineering

Edit: to those who gave me tips thank you.

To the majority of you fake engineers , miserable, low life, trolls
Here 🖕🏾.

Absolutely disgusting behaviors, classless responses. I thought this page was an engineering page turns out it’s filled with fools

To make a long story short due to circumstances beyond my control I will becoming the most senior person in my office when it comes to transportation and site design. The issue is I have only 2.5 years of experience which has predominantly consisted of markups, stormwater design, and plan production.

My boss essentially told me I need to get really good really fast. While I may have more knowledge than I give myself credit for my plan is to utilize resources on my own time to basically start from square one to develop a comprehensive understanding of all the pieces that go because my knowledge as it stands now is very piecemealed together.

So I’m essentially asking you good folks to give me some resources and best practices for my training moving forward and it’s worth noting that I have received no formal training and the resources I have through the company are essentially a joke.

Sorry for any errors or formatting as I am very overwhelmed

It’s a HCOL. Any guidance on where I should negotiate?

Is 135k good for my qualifications?

I always enjoyed studying engineering, I was top of my class in a very competitive college, I have 3 years of experience post grad overall, first year post grad I was a researcher for the same university, water resources related. I enjoyed it very much but the pay was criminally low. Then I spent the following 2 years as a site engineer because I really needed the money and research wasn’t paying that much

I cannot put into words how much I dislike my current job, I don’t feel like I’m an engineer anymore, there’s nothing intellectually stimulating about my current job, basically my day consists of walking around and making sure the formwork is aligned correctly and check the reinforcement against shop drawing, or make sure things like painting and tiling are done properly, just the most boring and mindless tasks imaginable ( I don’t know if it’s common in other countries, but in my country civil engineers are also expected to watch over the finishing and fitting out)

I feel stuck, I don’t want to live like this anymore. the money isn’t that good either. I don’t think I can get any job that isn’t civil engineering related because I don’t have much skills outside of engineering. Is going back to academia a good idea at this point? What about water or geotechnical engineering, are they more technical?

Climbing up the ladder in construction doesn’t seem appealing because all of my seniors are mainly dealing with construction management issues like logistics and how to save money by getting the cheapest possible subcontractor etc, I’m looking for something more technically inclined

Hi everyone! any recently graduated international students who got any Structural Engineering job in UK? Can we connect? I need some advise regarding getting a job?

Im a previous criminal justice major but i need a career change. I previously didn’t know which of the 2 majors to pick so i rapidly chose CJ and regret it. Im back in school almost completely finished doing all the math and science and lower division engineering classes to go get my second bachelor’s or master’s. My cumulative GPA after all classes including previous bachelor’s degree is about 3.05. I want to apply to CSU Fullerton’s master’s degree in CE, as well as second bachelor’s programs at CSU Long Beach, CSULA, and UCI as well as CSU northridge (kinda far). I will be commuting from Anaheim, dont want to move and keep costs low to avoid debt as much as possible. Im 35. What is better given my current status, i just want to get into a job, and what is easiest program and school to get into so i can get into the field. CE is a really exciting field to me!

I’ve been working in land development for 11 years and have my PE. I’m tired of doing design work and thinking about getting an MBA to either pivot into something else or advance my career. I’ve done some research online and talked to ChatGPT, but now it’s time to talk to real boys and girls.
Any thoughts or advice? Has anyone else gone down this path?
Thanks for your attention to this matter.

So, I’m in Canada and I was doing a general engineering program with plans of going into civil engineering after my first year, but I failed out after 2 attempts and I got kicked from the engineering program at my university. I blame it mostly on myself not having study habits and enough commitment, I also have severe ADHD and didn’t want to part with my free time.

So after this happened I ended up deciding to switch to a civil engineering technology program at a local college and I’m considering doing a civil engineering degree eventually at lakehead university with their transfer program so I could still get the degree in 5yrs with the 3+2 transition.

Would it be worth it to get the full engineering degree? Could I still get a good job position once I finish my diploma in Canada as a Technologist?
(And yes before anyone says it I know I won’t be able to legally call myself an “engineer” without the full degree)

I’m a Master of Landscape Architecture Student who is not interested in design, but interested in grading and stormwater management.

How can I tailor my application, whether resumé, or portfolio to begin a career in civil engineering? Can I “intern” at an AEC firm after I get my degree? I don’t have much practical experience with CAD professionally, but I will be continuing a year long part-time internship at a design studio. I won’t have the CAD experience on the position, so should I work on conceptual CAD documents to bolster my portfolio? Should I get certifications related to CAD, Civil3D, and/or Revit?

I really seriously want to make the transition, even if I have to take some community classes for instance.