Civil engineer cover letter example
A civil engineer's cover letter should describe one scheme: its value, your part in design or on site, the approvals you won and what was delivered. Then give your institution and route to chartership, and why this employer.
Fictional letter from Ewan Fairley, the applicant in the civil engineer cv example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Senior Civil Engineer role in your drainage team. I have six years' experience in highways and drainage design at a consultancy, on schemes from £1 million to £25 million, and I am an ICE member working towards Chartered Engineer.
The role, your discipline, scheme sizes and route to chartership.
I led the drainage design for a £25 million town centre road scheme, from modelling through to sustainable drainage features, and agreed the design with the local authority and Scottish Water. I also write drainage and flood risk assessments for housing developments of 50 to 300 homes.
One scheme with its value, your part and the approvals.
I supervise two graduate engineers and check their calculations and drawings before issue, and I visit sites during construction to answer queries. Your work on flood resilience for towns along the Clyde is the work I most want to do.
Supervision and site work, then a reason for this employer.
My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
The CV and a polite close.