Role Description

You could work in these areas of engineering:

1. structural (dams, buildings, offshore platforms and pipelines)
2. transportation (roads, railways, canals and airports)
3. environmental (water supply networks, drainage and flood barriers)
4. maritime (ports, harbours and sea defences)
5. geotechnical (mining, earthworks and construction foundations)

You'll be:

• planning with the client
• analysing surveys, testing and mapping data using computer modelling software
• creating blueprints using computer aided design (CAD)
• judging if projects are worth doing by looking at costs, time and labour
• checking risks and the effects on the environment
• preparing bids for tenders, and reporting to clients and government agencies
• managing and checking progress at each stage
• making sure sites follow health and safety rules