Saturday, April 28, 2007

Civil Engineer

A civil engineer's job involves designsing and supervising construction projects such as airports, bridges, channels, dams, railroads and roads. He/She also estimates material, cost and personnel needs. Preparing proposals and esatblishing completion dates are also part of a civil engineer's job. To get a decent civil engineering job requirements are a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from a recognized university with a GPA of 3.0 and above and/or 0-2 years of experience in the field of related area. A most general job description for any civil engineer is to use civil engineering concepts and procedures with pre-established guidelines to complete the assigned task. Usually works under the supervision of a supervisor or manager an hence does not include independent decisions on different projects. Theaverage base salary range for THa civil engineer in USA is $50k. The average base salary for other places are as follows:
New York, NY $61k
Dallas, TX $53k
Boston, MA $57k
Los Angeles, CA $59k
Again the actual salary depends on several factors like
experience
Type and Size of industry
Responsibilities in the job
Location of the job ( An employee would be paid more in New York than in St. Louis)

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