CAREERS & CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Civil & Environmental Engineering have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Civil & Environmental Engineering Majors*

• Assistant Construction Engineer - Parsons Brinkerhoff, New York, NY
• Office Engineer - Clark Construction, Bethesda, MD
• Strainmeter Field Engineer - UNAVCO, Ellensburg, VA
• Environmental Engineer - Environ, Norwalk, CT
• Field Engineer - Schlumberger, Midland, TX
• Teacher - Princeton-In-Asia, Gwangju, Korea
• Business Analyst - A.T. Kearney, Cleveland, OH
• Software Developer - Amazon.com, Seattle, WA
• Supply Chain Associate - Kraft Foods, Bethlehem, PA
• Civil Engineer - Granit Construction Company, Monterey, CA
• Program Manager - Microsoft, Redmond, WA
• Business Analyst - McKinsey & Co., Palo Alto, CA
• Nuclear/Civil Engineer - Pennsylvania Power & Light, Allentown, PA
• Acoustics Consultant - Acentech, Cambridge, MA
• Field Engineer - Turner Construction Company, Somerset, NJ
• Transportation Engineer/Planner - Sam Schwartz Co., New York, NY
• Project Engineer - Whiting-Turner Contracting, Framingham, MA
• Research Analyst - Lehman Brothers, New York, NY
• Transportation Engineer - Parsons Transportation Group, Washington, DC

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Career Guide to the Top Consulting Firms
• Careers in Focus Engineering
• Environmental Jobs for Scientists & Engineering
• Great Jobs for Engineering Majors
• High Tech Hot Shots: Careers in Sports Engineering
• Is There an Engineer Inside of You?
• Job Opportunities for Engineering and Computer Science Majors
• Job Opportunities in Engineering
• Resumes for Engineering Careers
• Resumes for High Tech Careers

Resources and Information Online

• Civil Engineering - Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
  http://www.careercornerstone.org/civileng/civileng.htm
  
  
• Careers in Science and Engineering - A Student Planning Guide
  www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html
  
  
• Thinking about a career in Civil Engineering? American Society of Civil Engineers
  http://www.asce.org/kids/whatis.cfm
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Engineers
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm
  
  
• Career Overview
  http://www.careeroverview.com/civil-engineering-careers.html
  
  
• Princeton Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  http://www.cee.princeton.edu/undergraduate/e12/overview.html

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Society of Civil Engineers
  www.asce.org
  
  
• Association for Bridge Construction & Design
  www.abcdpittsburgh.org
  
  
• National Society of Professional Engineers
  www.nspe.org
  
  
• American Society for Nondestructive Testing
  www.asnt.org
  
  
• American Academy of Environmental Engineers
  http://www.aaee.net/
  
  
• Air & Waste Management Association
  www.awma.org
  
  
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
  www.shpe.org
  
  
• Society of Women Engineers
  www.swe.org

Civil Engineering Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for Civil Engineering alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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