Civil Engineer

Here is a typical civil engineer job description, comprising tasks, duties, and responsibilities commonly associated with the role:

Perform preparation of design specifications
Incorporate special features that relate to the project at hand into specifications.
These include order of work, physical conditions at the site, construction work schedules, method of payment and measurement, construction procedures and special methods, and coordination with contractors and other stakeholders
Perform technical review on specifications to ensure clarity, completeness, and exactness, and remove restrictive descriptions to ensure competitive bidding
Prepare the project for advertisement by compiling contract specifications into an Electronic Bid Set (EBS)
Visit the proposed project site to obtain the necessary information for use in creating project specifications.
This include the condition and location of the project site, the location of storage and staging areas, and the character and scope of work
Provide guidance and technical advice to various persons and departments, including engineering personnel, Branch Chief, Section Chief, Engineering and Construction Department, and Architect-Engineer firms where necessary to develop basic specification procedures and policies to cover new types of projects and structures, and to make clearer various phases of the construction work
Communicate with higher authorities on issues concerning specifications, engineering interpretations and explanations, supply of items, and items of work, and offer recommendations on reviewing specifications.