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Civil Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 72+ civil engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 29 new this week. Hiring companies include Parsons Corporation, Costain, and Stanley Consultants.

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4-day weeks 2
9-day fortnights 40
compressed weeks 6
generous PTO 2
best places to work 22

Updated September 13, 2026

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Project Engineer - Major Project Delivery

Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$104k – $181k

Civil Roadway Engineer

Parsons Corporation · Remote · USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight$64k – $111k

2027 University New Hire- Midstream Engineering

1mo

Phillips 66 · Remote · Texas, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$111k – $121k

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Estimator (Civils)

18d

Costain · Remote · UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Data Center Architect

2mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

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

Associate Civil Engineer (Saudi National)

NEW

11h

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Student Intern 2027 - Civil or Environmental

NEW

23h

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Chicago, IL, USA

65 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Student Intern 2027 - Transportation Design

NEW

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Chicago, IL, USA

65 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Engineer-In-Training 1 - 2027, Transportation Design

NEW

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Chicago, IL, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight$72k – $91kPro · early access

Engineer I/II

San Diego County Water Authority · Onsite · Kearny Mesa, CA, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Section Engineer

Costain · Onsite · London, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Section Engineer

Costain · Onsite · London, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Engineering Associate - Utilities

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

69 · Good4 Day Work Week$84k – $120k

Associate Engineer/Associate Civil Engineer

City of Tracy · Onsite · Tracy, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$111k – $149k

Civil Design Engineer

UK Power Networks · Hybrid · West Ham, England, UK

64 · GoodBest Place to Work£68k

Engineering Associate

11d

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

69 · Good4 Day Work Week$84k – $120k

Senior OHL Engineer

17d

UK Power Networks · Hybrid · Bury St Edmunds, UK

64 · GoodBest Place to Work£84k

Technical Studentship - General / Civil Engineering 2027-1

1mo

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 3k

Hazardous Material Decontamination Engineer (SCE-SAM-CE-2026-169-LD)

1mo

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 9k

CIP Manager

25d

Rancho California Water District · Hybrid · Temecula, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$174k – $229k

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Employers hiring for Civil Engineering on this page include Parsons Corporation, Costain, and Stanley Consultants. 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 73 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.

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