109 open positions

Civil Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 109+ civil engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 26 new this week. Hiring companies include Costain, Stanley Consultants, and Parsons Corporation.

Schedules on this page

4-day weeks 2
9-day fortnights 51
compressed weeks 14
generous PTO 1
best places to work 41

Updated October 3, 2026

Keep the roles you like

Save jobs, track applications and revisit your searches — free.

26
New this week: 29
Companies

Narrow these jobs

9 fresh jobs need Pro to unlock

Pro members see new roles 48 hours before everyone else.

Unlock with Pro

Civil / Geotechnical Engineer - Environmental

Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$64k – $111k

Estimator (Civils)

1mo

Costain · Remote · UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Data Center Architect

2mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Save the roles you like

A free account keeps your saved jobs, your job tracker and your search history in one place.

Create free accountSign up

Senior Utilities Engineer (Design Services) - Wet

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Structural Engineer (Bridges and Underpass)

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Senior Technician (Civil and Mechanical Engineering)

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Agent

NEW

Costain · Onsite · Bury, England, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Project Engineer / Senior Site Engineer

NEW

Costain · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Student Intern 2027 - Transportation Design

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Baton Rouge, LA, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Student Intern 2027 - Transportation Design

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Phoenix, AZ, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Streets and Sanitation Superintendent

City of Las Vegas · Onsite · Las Vegas, NV, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$107k – $139k

Project Engineer/Project Manager

Kyogle Council · Onsite · Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia

69 · Good9 Day Fortnight$89k – $120k

Engineering Associate - Utilities

City of North Las Vegas · Onsite · North Las Vegas, NV, USA

69 · Good4 Day Work Week$84k – $120k

Works Engineer

Nambucca Valley Council · Onsite · Macksville, New South Wales, Australia

69 · Good9 Day Fortnight$125k – $145k

Senior Civil Designer

10d

Bundaberg Regional Council · Onsite · Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

64 · Good9 Day Fortnight$134k

Graduate Engineers (all disciplines)

19d

City of Gold Coast · Hybrid · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$94k

Associate Engineer

City of Upland · Onsite · Upland, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$103k – $132k

Engineer-In-Training 1 - 2027, Transportation Construction Services

11d

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Salt Lake City, UT, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Lecturer in Civil Engineering Hydrodynamics

18d

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Engineering Associate

1mo

City of North Las Vegas · Onsite · North Las Vegas, NV, USA

69 · Good4 Day Work Week$84k – $120k

Showing 20 of 109

Show all 109

Got questions?

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Civil Engineering on this page include Costain, Stanley Consultants, and Parsons Corporation. Civil Engineering roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Civil Engineering is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Civil Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 110 open roles requiring Civil Engineering across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Civil Engineering hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Civil Engineering roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Civil Engineering candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Civil Engineering on current listings.

Browse all 109 jobs

Civil Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 109+ civil engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 26 new this week. Hiring companies include Costain, Stanley Consultants, and Parsons Corporation.

Job listings

Frequently asked questions

Job listings

Frequently asked questions

Narrow these jobs