Sample Civil Engineering Résumé

Your résumé is a document that captures who you are, your experiences, your skills, and your education. It is your brand, and you will use it to market yourself for internships, jobs, scholarships, and professional memberships to name just a few. Your résumé is always a work in progress. As you add new education, experiences, and skills to your résumé, you will also remove items that are no longer relevant. As your marketing tool, it is not a record of everything you’ve ever done, but is a customized document that tells the reader why you are a perfect fit for the opportunity. The best résumés, and the ones that get an interview, are never generic.

Résumé Review

Once you have created your résumé, drop in to the Internships and Career Services office so that we can review your résumé. Once your résumé is final, upload it to Handshake, complete your Handshake profile, and make your profile viewable by employers.

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The VCEA Internships and Career Services office offers a variety of resources for students on building résumés, writing cover letters, searching for jobs, and more.

Sample Résumé

Your Name

your phone number | first.last@wsu.edu | linkedin.com/first-last

Summary of Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of structural design principles gained through coursework
  • Developed adept leadership and interpersonal tact through 4 years of Army ROTC experience
  • Maintained 3.35 GPA while balancing 15-20 hours of Army ROTC commitment

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; GPA 3.35

Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Expected DEC 2019

  • Related coursework: Reinforced Concrete Design, Structural Steel Design, Math through Differential Equations

Skills & Abilities

  • Proficient in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, ArcGIS, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint • Experience with total station or EDM • Planned and managed practicum lab events involving over 70 people

Experience

Surveying TA, Washington State University

AUG to NOV 2017

  • Graded work from 30 students on a weekly basis
  • Guided 30 students through labs involving surveying with a total station
  • Coordinated surveying supply-room, ordered new equipment when needed

Projects

Design of Ski Cabin, Washington State University

Spring 2018

  • Used Revit to design a 2-story building in a 3-dimensional model
  • Developed understanding of load path through members
  • Calculated dead, live, wind and snow loads for building
Design of a Cabin, Washington State University

Spring 2017

  • Used AutoCAD to design a house cabin in a 2-dimensional model
  • Created four different elevations with the center of the design inside the house
Design of a Bridge, Washington State University

Fall 2017

  • Used AutoCAD to design a cable stayed bridge in a 2-dimensional model
  • Created multiple plan drawings that were used to construct bridge
  • Worked in a team of 3 to plan and develop

Leadership

Cadet M4, ROTC, Washington State University

2015 – Present

  • Motivated a Squad of 10 Cadets to complete mentally and physically demanding events
  • Delegated tasks to effectively complete an assigned mission
  • Planned training events 6 weeks in advance involving over 70 personnel 

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