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30 March 2022

Prospects for Civil Engineering professionals in India

Engineering still features high on the list when it comes to graduate programmes in India, as this profession has shown flexibility and ability to adapt to changes in requirements, as well as providing students with the necessary knowledge and skills for a successful career. The disciplines of engineering teach students concepts of mechanics, civil engineering, urbanization technology, electronics and telecommunications, and other associated disciplines due to the high demand and comprehensive prospect of engineering as a career. Civil is one of the mother trades of engineering is one of the strongest and perennial disciplines of this technical academic course.

In the next ten years, given our cities and villages facing infrastructure problems, it is likely to become repetitive. While every industry is critical to economic development, infrastructure is a significant growth engine worldwide in the 21st century. In India, we need more highways, more airports, more houses, and more to meet the city’s mass urbanization pressures and collapse. Substantial progress can be achieved in all fields and major human-related improvements, civil engineers are expected to face many obstacles, including environmental infrastructure construction.

The career prospect of civil engineers had been slummy in India for some time back, however, since 2020 this trade has regained its stature with a boom in infrastructural domains due to the following factors

  • Transportation Engineering for enabling Safe and secure transport
  • Environmental Engineering a better and greener approach to infrastructural development
  • Surveying of property development sites for accommodating population boom.
  • Escalating structural engineering with better materials and smarter construction ideas
  • Maintenance and Rehabilitation of the structures: Conservation of Heritage buildings

Career prospect of Civil Engineers in India
Once you have graduated in Civil Engineering from any of the accredited technical colleges or universities of India you can aspect a prosperous career in the following fields.

  1. Building control surveyors
    Taking on this role involves overseeing workers and making sure building constructions go as smoothly as possible. Since this is a managerial position the job holder will have to take end-to-end responsibility of the building construction to ensure a streamlined operation.  This job provides job security, lucrative salaries, and endless opportunities for career advancement.
  2. Scope of Entrepreneurship in Civil Engineering
    Formally trained civil engineers have a huge scope of becoming future entrepreneurs too! Fresh graduates, as well as experienced construction professionals, materialize their entrepreneurial dreams in numerous domains like
    • Supplying construction materials
    • Working as a civil contractor
    • Managing and consulting on projects
    • Marketing real estate
    • Operating testing laboratories
    • Supply equipment to construction sites
  3. Construction Estimation Executive
    Developers in India increasingly are focusing on building sustainable and cost-effective-friendly buildings. When you take up a job as a construction estimator you are responsible for driving the project in the most streamlined and efficient as possible. With newer evolutions in the field of civil engineering, you can have a lucrative career in this specific job role.
  4. Site Engineer
    As a site engineer, your primary duty is to envision and develop a project that will yield the best possible return on investment for the developer who has employed you. Since investors would always want to make the maximum out of their property and land investment in which site engineers can help them, this job role will always be in demand. Recently there has been a huge surge in the demand for site engineer professionals.
  5. Quality Assurance Engineer
    Though it is a relatively new field in the civil engineering realm, it holds immense importance. Real estate developers and contractors in India today seek consultation from QC engineers to ensure their infrastructures are safely constructed and abide by all the rules and regulations.