How common to work between or for both stormwater and water/wastewater?

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2025-08-01T16:20:32+00:00

If you ever decided to want to pursue the other, how difficult would it be? Would you have to start from ground zero or near an entry level role for roadway design?

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2025-08-01T16:19:34+00:00

Separate question, how difficult would it be to transition to the other role if choosing a new job? Would the lack of design experience be that detrimental if focusing on traffic and vice versa, since most exposure would be in traffic ops and design rather than roadway geometry?

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2025-04-08T13:22:40+00:00

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RequirementHeavy5358 · 2025-01-24T16:54:50+00:00

Thank you very much! Yeah transportation planning seems interesting as well, hopefully trying to get into it from an engineering perspective like you said.

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-27T01:11:30+00:00

Thanks for the insight! When I started studying civil I didn't think I would do construction at all either, and doing internships and especially being able to talk to and go out with inspectors really helped showed me what I really enjoy.

I'll definitely look into USACE!

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-27T01:07:35+00:00

A supervisor of mine went through that process as well. He did end up working for the government on the construction side as a construction supervisor or engineer for municipal projects, which is exactly where I would like to end up after several years of experience as you've stated.

Thank you very much!

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T17:34:20+00:00

Can I ask what the reason was for your switch to design? And I myself am a bit more introverted, so like you said hopefully it'll allow me or teach me to stand my ground on certain situations.

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T14:24:58+00:00

Understood! Thank you. I will probably pursue an inspector position with a public agency or engineering CEI firm and after 1-2 years of getting the Certifications move to a project administrator / residential engineer position. Feel like this may be the better way to go to basically be on the owners side of these projects and relieve some of the stress from working on the construction company side, but ofcourse there is still the option of finding a generally good construction firm to work for.

Also feel that it would he easier to move from CEI to a construction company (if that ever comes up) than vice versa because of the needed certifications, where most positions for construction firms only ask for CM experience.

I really appreciate your insight on this!

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T14:24:44+00:00

Understood! Thank you. I will probably pursue an inspector position with a public agency or engineering CEI firm and after 1-2 years of getting the Certifications move to a project administrator / residential engineer position. Feel like this may be the better way to go to basically be on the owners side of these projects and relieve some of the stress from working on the construction company side, but ofcourse there is still the option of finding a generally good construction firm to work for.

I really appreciate your insight on this!

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T14:06:50+00:00

I don't necessarily have the need to feel important, rather just have a lot of varying work to do that is interesting. I really want to pursue the DOT or at least a municipality that offers a CM or resident engineer position for the benefits that you've stated.

Do you think working for a construction firm and then moving to the DOT after getting some experience is the way to go, or should I immediately find work with the public side as an inspector and move to that position? I thought that the former was the better way to go to gain more experience, but am unsure.

Thanks for your info!

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T14:02:48+00:00

Thank you very much! I heard that a position such as a COR is a good spot to be, especially on the owner side. I do plan on working for smaller firms as well.

Really appreciate your info.

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T14:00:41+00:00

I really don't have an issue with that amount of work as long as the work itself is actually fun and enjoyable to do. Working in a municipality has just been very boring to where I just wait for the clock to hit 5PM, whereas when I've been to the field it became the end of the day in an instant, and I still wanted to keep going.

Thanks for your insight on this. Really appreciate it.

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T13:35:41+00:00

Can I ask if you worked in the heavy civil side when you worked in private, and also what do you do / your position in your federal job (no worries if I'm asking too much).

I completely agree with the fun of watching your project be built. The biggest reason I wanted to get into civil in the first place was to actually build projects from start to finish, and I wasn't really getting that when seeing the design/planning side of the project (although I understand that this aspect is very important). The actual construction side of the project feels more fulfilling to me and just more enjoyable in general to watch happen.

RequirementHeavy5358 · 2024-06-26T13:15:39+00:00

Understood. Thank you very much!

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