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Civil Engineering Expert - Remote Part-Time Contract

90/hr
Remote
Part-Time
Posted October 11, 2026
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Listing checked October 19, 2026 · pay as published by Handshake AI

Key details

Pay
$90/hr
Location
Remote
Job type
Part-Time
Posted
October 11, 2026

Overview

Handshake AI seeks experienced civil engineers and structural engineers to join a part-time, project-based effort that improves how AI systems handle engineering reasoning. You will use your own industry work as raw material, building expert problems from real design, modeling, estimating, and project tasks. Then you assess AI-generated answers for technical accuracy and whether they hold up in practice, and you write structured feedback that guides model improvement. The schedule stays flexible, so you can keep your current engineering role while contributing. Pay runs at $90.00 per hour for this remote contract opportunity.

What You'll Do5

  • Develop expert engineering problems that draw on real design, modeling, estimating, and project work.
  • Assess AI-generated responses for technical correctness and practical feasibility.
  • Write structured feedback that helps AI models reason more like practicing engineers.
  • Complete evaluation tasks on your own schedule, with no minimum hour requirement.
  • Apply hands-on experience from civil or structural projects to judge whether AI output could support real build, price, or approval decisions.

Requirements7

  • Current or recent civil or structural engineering work, with field experience within the past three years.
  • A BS, MS, or PhD in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Direct ownership of technical outputs such as models, calculations, quantities, or estimates that other people use to build, price, or approve work.
  • Depth in one or more areas: fabrication-accurate modeling, code-based structural design, takeoff and estimating, or applied simulation.
  • PE or EIT credentials are preferred, though they are not required.
  • Residence in the United States or Canada.
  • Seniority carries less weight than proof that you personally produced the technical work.

Who Should Apply

The ideal candidate is a civil or structural engineer who has recent, hands-on ownership of models, calculations, quantities, or estimates that other teams depend on. You might work in design, fabrication modeling, code-based structural work, takeoff, estimating, or simulation, and you can explain how your outputs were used to build, price, or approve projects. A PE or EIT strengthens an application, but the project cares more about direct technical ownership. This role is less suitable if your background is academic, managerial, or site supervision without evidence of producing technical deliverables. Candidates often score low when their engineering examples fall outside the three-year window or when they cannot point to specific code-based design, fabrication-accurate modeling, takeoff, or estimating work.

Salary Insight

The listing states $90.00 per hour for this part-time contract role. That rate aligns with experienced civil and structural engineers who can produce technical outputs, not with entry-level review work. Because the engagement is project-based, your total earnings depend on how many tasks you choose to complete. The source does not specify a different pay structure or overtime terms.

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Civil EngineeringStructural EngineeringCode Based Structural DesignFabrication Accurate ModelingQuantity TakeoffCost EstimatingApplied SimulationTechnical ReviewAI Model EvaluationPeEit

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