Updated August 4, 2026

22 open positions

Civil Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ civil engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Stanley Consultants, Parsons Corporation, and Los Angeles County Public Works.

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Jobs

7

New This Week

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Companies

Updated Daily

Data Center Architect

20d

RemoteUSA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Assistant Resident Engineer – Infrastructure

18h

Parsons Corporation

HybridAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Structural Inspector

23h

Parsons Corporation

HybridAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Hazardous Material Decontamination Engineer

15h

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 9k

Civil Engineer (Roads & Utilities)

3d

Parsons Corporation

HybridDubai, United Arab Emirates

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Planner II (Interiors)

3d

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$84k – $149k

Construction Project Engineer

4d

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Engineer-In-Training 1 - Roadway Design

11d

Stanley Consultants

OnsiteDeBary, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Principal Engineer / Project Manager - Transportation

22d

Stanley Consultants

HybridDes Moines, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Civil Engineer

29d

Stanley Consultants

OnsiteGuam, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

ASSOCIATE CIVIL ENGINEER

2mo

Los Angeles County Public Works

HybridLos Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$114k – $145k

ASSOCIATE CIVIL ENGINEER / Emergency Appointment Fire

2mo

Los Angeles County Public Works

HybridLos Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$114k – $145k

Civil Engineer P.E.

1mo

Las Vegas Valley Water District

OnsiteLas Vegas, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$127k – $133k

Associate Civil Engineer

2mo

OnsiteCarson, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$114k – $145k

Project Engineer

4d

Parsons Corporation

HybridLas Vegas, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight$75k – $131k

Senior Civil 3D CADD Designer

1mo

Stanley Consultants

HybridDenver, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Department Manager - Transportation Roadway

2mo

Stanley Consultants

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Civil CADD Designer

3mo

Stanley Consultants

HybridAustin, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Bridge Engineer

3mo

Stanley Consultants

HybridDes Moines, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Transportation Engineer

3mo

Stanley Consultants

HybridDenver, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight$94k – $121k

Project Manager - Water

3mo

Stanley Consultants

HybridMuscatine, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Field Engineer / Resident Project Representative

3mo

Stanley Consultants

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Civil Engineering on this page include Stanley Consultants, Parsons Corporation, and Los Angeles County Public Works. 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 22 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.