Career Civil Engineering

Can you tell me about the Career one can expect being a Civil Engineering degree holder in India as I want to get into the field but getting quite confused about it?

[Shaleen]

A Career in Civil Engineering is both challenging and rewarding. There are a number of technical specialties within the realm of Civil Engineering, these include:

Structural engineering –
Creating the structural elements of design, whether for bridges, or skyscrapers

Geotechnical engineering –
Concerned with the rock and soil which supports the structures that other civil engineers design

Environmental engineering –
Designing systems for the treatment of chemical, biological and thermal wastes

Materials engineering –
These are the experts on the various materials which other civil engineers use for their projects.

Water resource engineering –
Concerned with the collection and management of water
Some of the earliest known civil engineers were the Roman engineers who created the aqueducts.

Earthquake engineering –
A specialty dealing with creating buildings and other structures which can withstand the stresses of earthquakes without falling

Coastal engineering –
Managing the coastal areas of the country, including marshlands
Coastal engineers create defenses against flooding and erosion.

Pay Packet
Pay packet of a civil engineer depends on a number of things such as educational qualification, type of employer, industry, location of work and so on.

Starting monthly salary of a graduate in civil engineering could be around Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000.

With due experience and continuous upgrade of skills, the salary increases by leaps and bounds.

Professors in engineering colleges get extraordinary amounts as monthly salary along with other benefits.

It is important to ensure that you get a degree or diploma from a reputed college as salary will also depend on the brand of one’s College.

Civil Engineering Course Job Types
• Technical Officer - Civil Engineering
• Manager - Civil Engineering
• Professor/Associate Professor- Civil Engineering
• Business Analyst - Civil Engineering
• Site Civil Engineer
• Civil Engineer & Architect
• Civil Engineer - Costing & Estimation
• Assistant Executive Engineers (Civil)