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Civil Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 71+ civil engineering jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and best places to work—for a better work-life balance. 26 new this week. Hiring companies include Costain, Parsons Corporation, and Stanley Consultants.

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9-day fortnights 34
compressed weeks 7
generous PTO 4
best places to work 27
generous parental leave 1

Updated August 23, 2026

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Data Center Architect

1mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

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

Roads Coordinator (Saudi National)

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Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Temporary Works Manager

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Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day FortnightPro · early access

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Civil Inspector - Roads/Utility

Parsons Corporation · Hybrid · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

CIP Manager

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

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$174k – $229k

Assistant Engineer

City of Los Altos · Onsite · Los Altos, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$125k – $152k

Traffic Engineer

City of Palmdale · Onsite · Palmdale, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$153k – $196k

Senior Engineer (Limited-Term)

City of Baldwin Park · Onsite · Baldwin Park, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$94k – $126k

Planner

Costain · Hybrid · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Agent

Costain · Hybrid · London, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Materials Engineer

Costain · Onsite · London, UK

58 · GoodBest Place to Work

Stormwater Engineer

12d

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

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$94k – $98k

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City of Torrance · Onsite · Torrance, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$8,062 – $10,294/mo

Traffic Engineer

City of Santa Monica · Hybrid · Santa Monica, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$128k – $158k

Utility Associate Civil Engineer

City of Pomona · Onsite · Pomona, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$120k – $146k

Engineer-In-Training 1 - Roadway Design

1mo

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · DeBary, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Principal Engineer / Project Manager, Transportation

1mo

Stanley Consultants · Hybrid · Des Moines, IA, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Civil Engineer

1mo

Stanley Consultants · Onsite · Guam, USA

65 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Project Engineer – Building Projects

16d

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Technical Studentship - General / Civil Engineering 2027-1

16d

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 3k

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Employers hiring for Civil Engineering on this page include Costain, Parsons Corporation, 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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