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32EX Civil Engineer

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Overview

Civil Engineers develop and implement solutions that keep Air Force facilities and utilities operating effectively and ready for combat. Their responsibilities span drafting, surveying, planning, explosive ordnance disposal, disaster preparedness, and the maintenance of structures around the world.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Integrated installation response and infrastructure recovery
  • Infrastructure project programming and budgeting
  • Land management and real property accounting
  • Installation energy and environmental program coordination

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Civil Engineers

Military experience in infrastructure planning, feasibility studies, construction management, and utilities operations directly overlaps with civilian civil engineering project work.

How to prepare: Compare your education with the typical bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related field, and assemble a project portfolio documenting your planning and construction responsibilities. Entry-level civil engineers do not require licensure, but providing engineering services directly to the public typically requires state Professional Engineer licensure.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct engineering activities, ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, or other governmental regulations.
  • Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards.
  • Manage and direct the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project site.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

Environmental Engineers

Installation environmental program coordination, land management, and utilities operations provide relevant project context, rather than evidence of environmental engineering design practice.

How to prepare: Review your coursework against the typical bachelor's degree in environmental engineering or a related field such as chemical, civil, or general engineering, and identify further study needed for environmental systems design. Entry-level environmental engineers do not require licensure; roles providing engineering services directly to the public require state Professional Engineer licensure.

What the civilian work involves
  • Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
  • Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
  • Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

  • For both engineering paths, state PE licensure generally requires an accredited engineering bachelor's or higher degree, passing the FE exam, several years of relevant work experience, and passing the PE exam; requirements vary by state.
Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: CIVIL ENGINEER (32EX)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "CIVIL ENGINEER"; normalized cached text lines 5336-5361; family-level section (32E4, 32E3, 32E1)

    Supports: Integrated installation response and infrastructure recovery, Infrastructure project programming and budgeting, Land management and real property accounting, Installation energy and environmental program coordination, Civil Engineers (O*NET 17-2051.00), Environmental Engineers (O*NET 17-2081.00)

  2. O*NET: Civil Engineers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Civil Engineers (O*NET 17-2051.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: civil engineers

    [3] How to Become One; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; retrieved through r.jina.ai 2026-10-05

    Supports: Civil Engineers (O*NET 17-2051.00)

  4. O*NET: Environmental Engineers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Environmental Engineers (O*NET 17-2081.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: environmental engineers

    [5] How to Become One; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; retrieved through r.jina.ai 2026-10-05

    Supports: Environmental Engineers (O*NET 17-2081.00)

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