Civil engineer resume template (ATS-friendly)

A civil engineer resume covering 6 years of site execution and quantity surveying on residential and commercial buildings, with numbers on schedule, billing and material wastage. Swap in your own projects, contract values and software.

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What this template includes

Project scale shown in floors, square feet, crew size and contract value
Bullets measure schedule gains, billing recoveries and material savings
Design, execution and commercial skills grouped for keyword matching
Safety and planning certifications listed in their own section

Sample civil engineer resume

Imran Shaikh

Civil Engineer · Site Execution & Quantity Surveying

Summary

Civil engineer with 6 years of experience in site execution and quantity surveying for residential towers and commercial buildings. Skilled in AutoCAD, STAAD Pro, BOQ preparation and contractor billing, with a record of delivering on time and under budget.

Experience

Site Engineer, My Home Constructions (Feb 2022 – Present)

Managed execution of two G+22 residential towers (4.8 lakh sq ft) with 140 workers and 6 subcontractors
Delivered the RCC frame 6 weeks ahead of schedule by re-sequencing shuttering cycles from 10 to 7 days
Prepared BOQs and verified RA bills worth ₹38 crore, recovering ₹1.2 crore in over-billed quantities
Reduced steel wastage from 4.5% to 2.1% with bar bending schedules and weekly reconciliation

Junior Quantity Surveyor, Ramky Infrastructure (Jun 2020 – Jan 2022)

Took off quantities from AutoCAD drawings for 3 commercial buildings worth ₹65 crore
Cut estimate turnaround from 5 days to 2 days by building standard rate analysis sheets in Excel

Skills

Design: AutoCAD, STAAD Pro, ETABS, Revit (basic)
Execution: Site supervision, RCC works, shuttering, bar bending schedules, quality checks, IS codes
Commercial: BOQ, quantity take-off, rate analysis, RA billing, MS Excel, MS Project, Primavera P6

Education

B.Tech, Civil Engineering, JNTU Hyderabad (2016 – 2020)

CGPA 8.1/10; final-year project on design of a G+5 RCC building using STAAD Pro

Certifications

Primavera P6 Project Planning, 2023
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, 2022

Top skills for civil engineers

AutoCAD
STAAD Pro
ETABS
Revit
Site execution
Quantity surveying
BOQ preparation
Rate analysis
RA bill verification
Bar bending schedule (BBS)
Primavera P6
MS Project
Quality control and IS codes
Construction safety

Civil Engineer resume summary examples

B.Tech civil engineering graduate with a 3-month site internship on a G+12 residential project. Skilled in AutoCAD, STAAD Pro and quantity take-off; seeking a graduate engineer trainee role in site execution or billing.

Civil engineer with 5 years of experience in highway and bridge construction for NHAI projects. Handles site execution, quality testing and contractor billing, with 42 km of four-lane road delivered on schedule.

Project manager with 13 years of experience delivering commercial and infrastructure projects worth up to ₹600 crore. Leads planning in Primavera P6, client coordination and cost control, with a record of finishing under budget.

Civil Engineer resume bullet point examples

Supervised casting of 18,000 cubic metres of concrete for a 6-storey hospital block with zero quality rejections
Prepared bar bending schedules for 2,100 tonnes of steel, reducing wastage by ₹45 lakh against estimate
Planned a 14-month schedule in Primavera P6 for a ₹120 crore mall and tracked progress weekly against 600 activities
Coordinated 9 subcontractors and 250 workers on a 3 km elevated corridor with 1.2 million safe man-hours
Designed G+4 residential frames in STAAD Pro and ETABS, saving 8% of steel through member optimisation

Frequently asked questions

What should a civil engineer resume include?

The type and size of projects you have worked on (floors, area, length, contract value), your role (site execution, billing, planning or design), the software you use, and measurable outcomes such as time saved, cost recovered or wastage reduced.

Which software should a civil engineer list?

AutoCAD is expected for almost every role. Add STAAD Pro, ETABS or Revit for design work, and Primavera P6, MS Project and Excel for planning and billing. List only tools you could use in a test.

How do I describe quantity surveying work on a resume?

Name the documents you prepared (BOQ, rate analysis, RA bills, bar bending schedules) and attach numbers: the value of bills checked, savings recovered, or how much faster estimates were produced.

Should a civil engineering fresher include an internship?

Yes. Put site internships and industrial training under Experience, with the project type and what you did, such as checking reinforcement, preparing measurements or tracking daily progress.

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