These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current civil engineer job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Civil Engineer
  • Senior Civil Engineer
  • Graduate Civil Engineer
  • Structural Engineer
  • Geotechnical Engineer
  • Highway Engineer
  • Transportation Engineer
  • Drainage Engineer
  • Infrastructure Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • Site Engineer
  • Resident Engineer
  • NEC Project Manager
  • Principal Designer

Structural software

  • STAAD.Pro
  • Tekla Structural Designer
  • ETABS
  • SAP2000
  • Robot Structural Analysis
  • RISA
  • ANSYS
  • Abaqus
  • Tedds
  • Hilti PROFIS

Highway/civil CAD

  • Civil 3D
  • AutoCAD
  • MicroStation
  • OpenRoads Designer
  • 12d Model
  • Revit
  • Navisworks
  • BIM

Hydraulic/drainage software

  • InfoDrainage
  • ICPFlood
  • ICPSewer
  • Flood Modeller
  • HEC-RAS
  • TUFLOW
  • MIKE FLOOD
  • MIKE 11
  • WaterGEMS

Traffic modelling

  • LinSig
  • VISSIM
  • TRANSYT
  • SATURN
  • VISUM
  • junction capacity
  • traffic assessment

Geotechnical software

  • Plaxis
  • Slope/W
  • SETTLE3
  • ReWaRD
  • Oasys Geo Suite

Design standards

  • Eurocode
  • Eurocode 2
  • Eurocode 3
  • Eurocode 7
  • EN 1992
  • EN 1993
  • EN 1997
  • EN 1990
  • BS EN
  • DMRB
  • MCHW
  • Sewers for Adoption
  • NPPF
  • SuDS

Contracts

  • NEC
  • NEC3
  • NEC4
  • NEC ECC
  • JCT
  • compensation event
  • early warning notice
  • EWN
  • CDM 2015
  • CDM
  • principal designer
  • Primavera P6
  • MS Project

Professional credentials

  • ICE
  • MICE
  • AMICE
  • CEng
  • IEng
  • Eng Tech
  • chartered engineer
  • incorporated engineer
  • ICE accredited training

BIM and data

  • BIM Level 2
  • COBie
  • IFC
  • Revit
  • Navisworks
  • digital twin
  • clash detection

Long-tail phrases

  • civil engineer resume
  • civil engineer cv
  • how to write a civil engineer resume
  • structural engineer resume
  • highway engineer resume
  • civil engineer resume 2026
  • ICE chartered engineer resume
  • NEC civil engineer resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Civil Engineer resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.