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Engineering technicians
Civil engineering technician
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Key facts
+4.4%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.4% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Civil engineering technicians (ISCO 3112). Civil engineering technicians perform technical tasks in civil engineering research and in the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of buildings and other structures such as water supply and wastewater treatment systems, bridges, roads, dams and airports.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
213 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- bridge engineer
- bridge inspector
- bridgemaster
- bridges and structures inspector
- building control officer
- building control surveyor
- building inspector
- building services inspector
- building standards inspector
- buildings inspector
- cathodic protection technician
- cctv operative
- cctv operator
- cctv technician
- civil engineering design technician
- civil engineering services technician
- civil engineering superintendent
- civil engineering technical assistant
- civil engineering technical officer
- civil engineering technician
- civils technician
- clean water systems engineering technician
- construction control officer
- construction control surveyor
- construction health and safety advisor
- construction health and safety inspector
- construction health and safety supervisor
- construction inspector
- construction QA manager
- construction QA QS inspector
- construction QA QS manager
- construction QA QS supervisor
- construction quality and safety control supervisor
- construction quality and safety manager
- construction quality assurance manager
- construction quality control and safety inspector
- construction quality control and safety supervisor
- construction quality inspector
- construction quality manager
- construction quality managers
- construction safety controller
- construction safety inspector
- construction safety manager
- construction safety supervisor
- construction services inspector
- construction site safety inspector
- construction standards inspector
- corrosion control technician
- corrosion monitoring technician
- corrosion supervisor
- corrosion technician
- domestic energy assessor
- domestic energy sales negotiator
- domestic energy sales promoter
- domestic energy seller
- drinking water systems engineering technician
- earthworks civil engineering superintendent
- energy procurement analyst
- energy advice consultant
- energy advisor
- energy analyst
- energy and environmental consultant
- energy and sustainability analyst
- energy and sustainability consultant
- energy assessor
- energy conservation officer
- energy consultant
- energy consumption advisor
- energy efficiency analyst
- energy information officer
- energy management officer
- energy performance analyst
- energy performance assessor
- energy performance certificate assessor
- energy procurement advisor
- energy procurement consultant
- energy regulation specialist
- energy saving advisor
- energy saving consultant
- energy saving equipment advisor
- energy savings advisor
- engineering technician
- EPC certification assessor
- fire alarm service technician
- fire and security maintenance engineer
- fire and security systems engineer
- fire inspection technician
- fire inspection testing technologist
- fire inspection testing technology expert
- fire inspection testing technology specialist
- fire inspector
- fire investigator
- fire prevention officer
- fire protection service engineer
- fire protection technician
- fire risk assessor
- fire safety tester
- fire safety testing technician
- fire safety testing technologist
- fire safety testing technology expert
- fire safety testing technology specialist
- fire suppression engineer
- fire tester
- flood defence engineering technician
- flood prevention engineering technician
- geomatics technician
- health & safety inspector
- health and safety advisor
- health and safety advisor on construction sites
- health and safety inspector
- health and safety manager
- health and safety manager on construction sites
- health ans safety supervisor
- highway structures inspector
- highways inspector
- highways maintenance inspector
- highways maintenance technician
- highways technician
- household energy use assessor
- hydraulic engineering superintendent
- inspector of bridges
- instrument man
- instrument woman
- land survey technician
- land survey technologist
- landfill site supervisor
- landfill supervisor
- mapping technician
- offshore corrosion technician
- permanent way inspector
- pipeline corrosion control technician
- pipeline operations technician
- rail inspector
- rail maintenance technician
- rail quality inspector
- rail repairer
- rail track inspector
- rail track maintenance inspector
- railway infrastructure auditor
- railway infrastructure examiner
- railway infrastructure inspector
- railway infrastructure safety inspector
- railway infrastructure surveyor
- residential energy sales negotiator
- residential energy sales promoter
- residential energy sales rep
- residential energy sales representative
- residential energy salesman
- residential energy salesperson
- residential energy saleswoman
- residential energy seller
- road engineering superintendent
- road inspector
- road maintenance inspector
- road maintenance supervisor
- road maintenance technician
- road maintenance worker
- safety advisor
- safety controller
- safety controller on construction sites
- safety inspector
- safety inspector on construction sites
- safety manager
- safety manager on construction sites
- safety officer
- safety supervisor
- senior energy analyst
- senior fire engineer
- sewer pipe maintenance technician
- sewerage investigation technician
- sewerage investigative cctv operative
- sewerage investigative technician
- sewerage maintenance technician
- sewerage system maintenance technician
- sewerage trenchless technology operative
- site safety advisor
- site safety inspector
- solid waste collection supervisor
- solid waste disposal supervisor
- solid waste processing supervisor
- solid waste remediation supervisor
- solid waste treatment supervisor
- stereoplotter operator
- structures inspector
- surface coating technician
- surface technician
- survey CAD technician
- survey party chief
- survey technician
- surveying technician
- surveyor
- sustainability consultant
- technician, civil engineering
- topographic survey technician
- track quality inspector
- transport engineering technician
- waste disposal compliance supervisor
- waste disposal site compliance supervisor
- waste sortation supervisor
- waste treatment equipment supervisor
- water engineering technician
- water pipeline systems engineering technician
- water pipelines engineering technician
- water pumping systems engineering technician
- water resource engineering technician
- water supply engineering technician
- water supply systems engineering technician
- water systems installation engineering technician
- water treatment engineering technician
- water treatment systems engineering technician
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Construction and building inspectors; Civil engineers; Civil engineering technologists and technicians (+15))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $79,635
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.