Civil engineers conceive, design, build, supervise, operate, construct, and maintain infrastructure projects and systems in the public and private sector, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment.
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Sample Companies who have hired WPI Civil Engineering Graduates
AECOM
Arup
Consigli Construction
Jacobs Engineering
Loureiro Engineering
Package Steel Systems, Inc.
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Skanska USA
Whiting-Turner Construction
VHB
Sample Graduate Schools
Brown University
University of Texas-Austin
WPI
Average Starting Salary:
$62,182
Sample Job Titles:
Civil Engineer
Engineer I-II
Environmental Engineer
Field Engineer
Project Engineer
Staff Engineer
Structural Engineer
Transportation Engineer
Sample Major Qualifying Projects:
Alternative Route Design for the WRTA
Design of the New WPI Residence Hall
Incorporating Adsorbents into Porous Asphalt Desing
Maintenance and Expansion Evaluation of the Panama Canal
Pedestrian Bridge Design
Water Supply Yield for the Wachusett Reservoir