Civil Engineering Jobs – A USA Listing
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Welcome to our Civil Engineering Jobs site. The purpose of this site is to provide a frequently updated list of current open positions for the civil engineer. Our focus is on civil engineering jobs which are available in the United States. Our list of jobs consists of a page for each state, and each page combines the results from several job search engines. Our paradigm is similar to the meta-search engines like Dogpile, except here we combine the results from job search engines as opposed to regular search engines.
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Here we also provide informative articles, useful statistics, videos, a selection of relevant books, and current civil engineer career news. The jobs listed here are in the form of RSS feeds, and will be automatically updated when new jobs become available. This site is produced by IntellegoJobs, a division of Intellego Web Publishing.
The following data should be interesting to the civil engineer who resides within the United States. This data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Civil Engineering Jobs – Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
States with the highest concentration of civil engineers with annual salary:
(highest at top)
Washington $77,540
Alaska $76,210
Colorado $74,770
Hawaii $71,710
Wyoming $60,570
Top paying States for civil engineers with annual salary:
(highest at top)
District of Columbia $90,840
New Jersey $83,710
Texas $81,200
Nevada $81,180
California $80,950
Mean annual salary for civil engineers:
$75,230
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of civil engineers with annual salary:
(highest at top)
Carson City, NV $64,340
Olympia, WA $69,840
Yuba City, CA $72,280
Ames, IA $72,620
Fairbanks, AK $70,410
Top paying metropolitan areas for civil engineers:
Punta Gorda, FL $103,220
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $98,380
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $92,610
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division $92,480
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX $91,900
Industries with the highest levels of employment for the civil engineer with annual salary:
(highest at top)
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $76,540
State Government $67,880
Local Government $74,030
Nonresidential Building Construction $73,460
Federal Executive Branch $83,180
Top paying industries for the civil engineer with annual salary:
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing $101,460
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers $94,900
Oil and Gas Extraction $94,640
Computer Systems Design and Related Services $93,740
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $93,550
Education required for the civil engineer:
To enter into this profession, a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required. The BS degree should be in civil engineering. Engineering research usually requires a graduate degree.
While many careers require a college degree, many of those careers do not have specific academic requirements. Engineering is different. Just about everything you learn in college related to civil engineering, will be used within the profession. You will need to enroll in an academic program that will allow you to meet your goals within civil engineering.
For more information about education required for the civil engineer in the United States go to Occupational Outlook Handbook provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Job outlook for the civil engineer:
Overall, engineering employment is expected to grow around 11% between 2006 and 2016, which is considered average relative to other professions. But some areas of engineering is expected to have greater then average employment growth. Two specialties of engineering where employment growth is better then average is environmental engineering and civil engineering. Civil engineering is expected to experience an 18% employment growth between 2006 and 2016.
Source for the above data:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Thanks for the (computer) memory: More room for data in 'phase-change' material
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New harvesting approach boosts energy output from bacteria
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Creating nano-structures from the bottom up
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Ultra lightweight construction is based on hydraulics
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In 1990s, researchers studied secrets of Titanic steel
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Handheld plasma flashlight rids skin of notorious pathogens
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Controlling light at will: Metamaterials will change optics
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NASA sub-scale solid-rocket motor tests material for Space Launch System
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Potentially game-changing advances in energy materials
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Advancing understanding of energy storage mechanisms
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Spider silk conducts heat as well as metals
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'Miracle material' graphene is thinnest known anti-corrosion coating
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Virtual reality supports planning by architects
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New nano-material combinations produce leap in infrared technology
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New method for creating tissue engineering scaffolds
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New method makes culture of complex tissue possible in any lab
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Relief from 'parking wars': Computer software to revamp city parking
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New approach to overcome key hurdle for next-generation superconductors
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Restraint improves dielectric performance, lifespan
Just as a corset improves the appearance of its wearer by keeping everything tightly together, rigidly constraining insulating materials in electrical components can increase their energy density and decrease their rates of failure. Engineers have demonstrated that rigidly constraining dielectric materials can greatly improve their performance and potentially lengthen their lifespans. This insight follows their discovery earlier this year of the exact mechanism that causes soft dielectric materials to break down in the presence of electricity.
Gallium nitride is non-toxic, biocompatible; holds promise for implants, research finds
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New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology
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Polymeric material has potential for noninvasive procedures
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Pressurized vascular systems for self-healing materials
Artificial microvascular systems for self-repair of materials damage, such as cracks in a coating applied to a building or bridge, have relied on capillary force for transport of the healing agents. Now, researchers have demonstrated that an active pumping capability for pressurized delivery of liquid healing agents in microvascular systems significantly improves the degree of healing compared with capillary force methods.
Researchers produce cheap sugars for sustainable biofuel production
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Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes
The plant liana, whose stabilization rings of woody cells heal spontaneously after suffering damage, serves as a natural example to bionic experts of self-repairing membranes. Such membranes could find use, for example, in rubber dinghies. Researchers have borrowed this trick from nature and developed a polymer foam surface coating with a closed cell construction which not only reduces the pressure loss after the membrane is damaged but also makes the inflatable structure more resistant and giving it a longer operational life.
Shake, rattle and … power up? New device generates energy from small vibrations
Today's wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to measuring the movement of buildings and bridges. Working together, distributed sensors can monitor activity along an oil pipeline or throughout a forest, keeping track of multiple variables at a time. While uses for wireless sensors are seemingly endless, there is one limiting factor to the technology -- power. A new tiny energy harvester picks up a wider range of vibrations than current designs, and is able to generate 100 times the power of devices of similar size.
Double jeopardy: Building codes may underestimate risks due to multiple hazards
As large parts of the United States recover from nature's one-two punch -- an earthquake followed by Hurricane Irene -- building researchers warn that a double whammy of seismic and wind hazards can increase the risk of structural damage to as much as twice the level implied in building codes.
Civil engineering professor develops 'superlaminate' industrial pipe repair system
Even when structural problems with the aging US infrastructure can be detected early, currently available methods of repair are often technologically outdated, logistically complex, prohibitively expensive, or all of the above. A professor of civil engineering may have developed a feasible solution to a rapidly growing domestic infrastructure problem.
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