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The Air Force has a tremendous variety of career fields available to officers —each with unique challenges and rewards. If you know exactly what you're looking for, use the keyword search for a list of job titles and descriptions. Or, if you're interested in seeing what the Air Force has to offer, browse the different career fields in the pull-down menu.
Civil Engineer
Duties and Responsibilities
Civil Engineers maintain trained and equipped forces capable of responding to worldwide contingencies and military operations other than war, evaluating capabilities and developing contingency methodologies to accomplish mission objectives. They are responsible for maintaining an emergency response force to cope with enemy attacks, major accidents and natural disasters, as well as planning, developing and executing procedures to mitigate the effects and dispose of conventional, nuclear, chemical biological ordnance and improvised explosive devices.
The Civil Engineer determines requirements, establishes plans, provides designs and directs operations, maintenance, repair, alteration, addition and construction of facilities and utility systems. Other responsibilities include acting as technical representative and engineering consultant for operations and maintenance activities, coordinating activities with local, state, federal and host country agencies.
Civilian Opportunities
Commercial Civil Engineering
Duties and Responsibilities
Engineering careers cover all types - civil, mechanical, environmental and electrical each encompassing its own duties and responsibilities. In general, a commercial position utilizing an engineering field will be the same type of duties as a military civil engineer, providing staff supervision and technical advice, and performing and managing specific functions and activities to provide facilities and infrastructure. Activities include programming, budgeting, drafting, surveying, planning, construction management, and utilities operations to name a few.
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