Does he have any kind of engineering experience like a co-op or internship? Not sure if this link will work http://www.career.mtu.edu/careerfair/spring2009/companies/# (just sort the list by fulltime and civil engineering) but finding a full time job in the engineering field should actually be one of the easier fields to find a job. Those are a list of companies that are looking to hire full time civil engineers that are coming to my career fair next week. Its a start at least to get a list of companies for him to look at least.