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What is a day like for a civil engineer?

I am asking this question because I do not believe i know what an engineer does fully. I would want to know what they do day by day and how they help with the community. #civil-engineering

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DAVID’s Answer

in a consulting engineering firm you work as teams on a particular client project
Engineers start out their career as Engineer 1, Engineer 2, Senior Engineer, Project Engineer and up to Project Manager.
A project requires engineers to prepare permits, designs, specifications, write reports, letters, prepare cost estimates, obtain bids, manage construction and assist in startup.
The goal is to complete a successful project on time and under budget, company bosses hate when you loose money when you run over budget.
So an engineer must be efficient but technical to deal with project issues.
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Brett’s Answer

Most civil engineers at an entry level will be design engineers or construction engineers. A design engineer will spend most of their day at a desk, in front of a computer, creating designs in CAD and running calculations (either by hand or in a program). A construction engineer will spend a lot of their time coordinating construction. This includes directing sub contractors, creating work schedules, checking completed work, looking at future work in the plans, and many administrative duties. They will also likely be on site and inspect the job site at least once a day.
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