A civil engineer (French ingénieur BTP) designs and manages the construction of buildings, civil-engineering structures, transport infrastructure and utility networks. In Morocco the role is sustained by major infrastructure programmes (ports, motorways, Kénitra-Marrakech HSR, stadiums, university hospitals, Nador West Med) and urban development.
Scope
- Design studies — structural sizing (reinforced concrete, steel frame), geotechnics, foundations;
- Design deliverables — preliminary and detailed designs (APS/APD), tender documents (DCE), specifications, unit-price schedules;
- Site management — planning, lot coordination, site-team oversight, quality control;
- Cost estimating — quantity takeoff, estimation, bidding;
- Budget and contract tracking — Moroccan public procurement uses the CCAG-T rulebook.
Skills
- Moroccan seismic codes RPS 2000 / RPS 2011, Eurocodes, DTU;
- Software — AutoCAD, Revit (BIM), Robot Structural Analysis, MS Project, Primavera P6;
- Moroccan public-procurement rules;
- Fluent French; Moroccan Arabic useful on site; English for international groups.
Training
EMI, EHTP Casablanca, ENSAM, ENSA (civil-engineering track), INSA Euro-Méditerranée (UEMF), UIR, plus architecture degrees where relevant. Specialised master’s degrees in structures, hydraulics or geotechnics are valued.
Career paths
Project manager, construction director, technical director, structural expert, developer or contractor.