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Resume Roast for Civil Engineers

Civil Engineer resumes get read for licensure, project scale, and what actually got built. PE or EIT status is the first checkbox, then project types and dollar values, then your specific scope on them. Worked on infrastructure projects could mean you designed the bridge or attended its meetings. A named role, like drainage design lead on a 30 million roadway package, ends the ambiguity.

What Gabe checks first on a Civil Engineer resume

Put PE or EIT status and state up top. Licensure determines what you can stamp, so it decides which pile your resume lands in.
Give project scale and your named scope, like utility relocation design on a 45 million interchange, from 30 percent plans through construction support.
Name your codes and software with usage: AASHTO, local DOT standards, Civil 3D, HEC-RAS. Standards fluency is the day-one productivity signal.

Worth knowing

Most ATS software ranks and filters resumes for humans to read. It does not silently reject them. (how applicant tracking systems actually work)

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