Civil Engineer Resume Example (2026 Guide)
Civil Engineer resume example
A complete sample in the Modern template FitMyRole exports. The person and employers are fictional; the structure, skills and bullet style are what to copy.
Rafael Santos
[email protected] • (555) 013-8857 • Portland, OR • linkedin.com/in/rafaelsantos
Professional Summary
Civil Engineer and licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Oregon and Washington with 12 years of experience in site development and municipal infrastructure design, covering grading, stormwater, utilities and roadway improvements for public and private clients. Has served as engineer of record on 40+ projects with a combined construction value above $180M, and leads a group of six engineers and designers. Known for permit packages that clear review in two submittals or fewer, built on early meetings with city and county reviewers. Works across the whole project, from fee proposal through construction administration, and keeps jobs inside their budgeted hours.
Technical Skills
- Civil Design: Site design, grading, stormwater management and drainage, sanitary sewer and water mains, roadway and ADA design, erosion and sediment control
- Design Software: AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD, HydroCAD, EPA SWMM, Bentley OpenRoads, Bluebeam Revu, ArcGIS Pro
- Permitting & Codes: Land use and site development permits, right-of-way permits, Oregon DEQ 1200-C, Portland Stormwater Management Manual, ODOT standards, PROWAG
- Infrastructure: Public works street improvements, utility relocations, green stormwater infrastructure, detention and infiltration facilities, pavement design
- Project Delivery: Engineer of record, construction administration, RFIs and submittals, engineer’s cost estimates, specifications, QA/QC reviews
- Leadership: Team management, fee proposals, client management, workload planning, mentoring EITs
Education & Certification
- Focus: Water Resources and Geotechnical Engineering; senior capstone designed stormwater improvements for a 40-acre campus site.
Work Experience
Senior Civil EngineerApril 2020 – PresentCascade Ridge Engineering, Portland, OR
- Served as engineer of record on 18 commercial, multifamily and public works projects with $96M in combined construction value, stamping grading, utility and stormwater plans.
- Brought 14 of 16 permit packages through City of Portland and Washington County review in two submittals or fewer by holding pre-application meetings and logging every reviewer comment in Bluebeam.
- Cut the stormwater facility footprint on a 22-acre distribution center by 30% by pairing infiltration planters with underground detention modeled in HydroCAD, freeing 40 parking stalls for the owner.
- Designed 2.4 miles of street improvements with sidewalks, ADA curb ramps and new water and sewer mains for a municipal client, bid and built within the $11.5M construction budget.
- Lead a team of 6 engineers and designers through weekly workload planning and QA/QC reviews, and have mentored 4 EITs to their PE licenses.
- Wrote fee proposals for 30+ pursuits and won 19, growing the group’s annual billings from $1.6M to $2.7M.
- Resolved 120+ RFIs and submittals during construction administration, holding change orders on civil scopes under 2% of contract value.
Project EngineerJune 2017 – March 2020Willamette Site Design, Salem, OR
- Designed grading, drainage and utility plans in Civil 3D for 15 subdivisions and commercial sites, including 1,100 residential lots.
- Prepared Oregon DEQ 1200-C erosion and sediment control plans for every site, with no stormwater violations recorded during construction.
- Shortened design time on standard subdivision layouts by about 20% by building the office’s Civil 3D templates, pipe networks and label styles.
- Produced engineer’s cost estimates that landed within 5% of the low bid on 9 of 11 public bids.
- Coordinated with surveyors, geotechnical engineers and landscape architects to clear design conflicts before each plan submittal.
Staff Engineer (EIT)July 2014 – May 2017Tualatin Valley Engineering, Beaverton, OR
- Drafted storm and sanitary sewer plan and profile sheets and standard details for 25 projects under the direction of senior engineers.
- Ran hydrology and pipe capacity calculations in HydroCAD and EPA SWMM for drainage reports submitted to three jurisdictions.
- Performed construction observation on 6 utility projects, logging inspections and catching installation errors before backfill.
- Updated the firm’s standard details to current ODOT specifications, used on every project from 2016 onward.
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Tailor my resumeWhy This Resume Works
- PE licensure is in the first words of the summary and listed by state in Certifications, because many civil postings cannot move forward without it.
- Scale is stated the way civil firms measure it: engineer of record on 40+ projects worth $180M+, and $96M in the current role.
- Permitting is proven with a rate a principal cares about: 14 of 16 permit packages approved in two submittals or fewer.
- Design bullets name real problems and tools, such as stormwater footprint cut by 30% using infiltration planters and underground detention modeled in HydroCAD.
- The senior role shows business results too (19 of 30+ proposals won, billings from $1.6M to $2.7M, 4 EITs mentored to PE), which separates a senior engineer from a strong designer.
Common Resume Mistakes
- No project or value metrics.
- Missing PE or CAD keywords.
- Vague "designed projects" without type.
Keywords Recruiters Look For
- Civil engineering
- Site design
- AutoCAD
- Civil 3D
- PE
- Permitting
- Infrastructure
- Drainage
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