These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current structural 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

  • Structural Engineer
  • Senior Structural Engineer
  • Graduate Structural Engineer
  • Building Structural Engineer
  • Bridge Engineer
  • Structural Design Engineer
  • Structural Analyst
  • Temporary Works Engineer
  • Façade Engineer

Analysis software

  • STAAD.Pro
  • ETABS
  • SAP2000
  • Tekla Structural Designer
  • Robot Structural Analysis
  • Oasys GSA
  • RISA
  • Abaqus
  • nonlinear FEA
  • linear static
  • modal analysis
  • dynamic
  • seismic
  • response spectrum
  • time history

Connection and detailed design

  • IDEA StatiCa
  • Hilti PROFIS
  • steel connection
  • moment connection
  • end-plate
  • base plate
  • anchor bolt
  • splice
  • CBFEM
  • component-based

BIM and CAD

  • Revit Structure
  • Revit
  • Tekla Structures
  • AutoCAD
  • BIM
  • Navisworks
  • IFC
  • COBie
  • coordination

Calculation tools

  • Tedds
  • MathCAD
  • MathType
  • Excel
  • calculation pack
  • calculation check

Design standards

  • Eurocode
  • EN 1990
  • EN 1991
  • EN 1992
  • EN 1993
  • EN 1994
  • EN 1995
  • EN 1996
  • EN 1997
  • EN 1998
  • UK National Annex
  • DMRB
  • NR/L2/CIV
  • Network Rail

Structural materials

  • reinforced concrete
  • RC
  • post-tensioned
  • prestressed
  • flat slab
  • transfer slab
  • shear wall
  • core wall
  • raft foundation
  • pile cap
  • structural steel
  • hollow section
  • CHS
  • RHS
  • SHS
  • composite
  • composite beam
  • composite slab
  • CLT
  • glulam
  • timber
  • masonry

Structural forms

  • portal frame
  • moment frame
  • braced frame
  • outrigger
  • transfer
  • stability
  • diaphragm
  • robustness
  • progressive collapse
  • seismic
  • wind

Credentials

  • IStructE
  • MIStructE
  • AMIStructE
  • FIStructE
  • CEng
  • IEng
  • ICE
  • MICE

Long-tail phrases

  • structural engineer resume
  • structural engineer cv
  • how to write a structural engineer resume
  • structural engineer resume 2026
  • building structural engineer resume
  • IStructE chartered engineer resume
  • ETABS engineer resume
  • Tekla structural designer 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 Structural Engineer resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.