Most critical softwares which i believe that each civil engineers should know and use :

Autocad : it's utilization for making arrangements of any development like making arrangements of building, connect, dam and so forth.

Excel : execution, looking over, arranging, contracts, planning, outlining, quality control, amount estimation, and so on. Everybody utilizes MS Excel . All kind of figuring are done on it. It's less demanding to translate the information or alter it according to requirement in Excel

Such huge numbers of softwares that can be used by civil engineers are currently accessible however it's relies on which recorded you pick.

For auxiliary investigation

ETABS

STAAD Professional

FOR project planning

Primavera

Ms venture

For 3d displaying of structure/Engineering

3ds max : in this you can outline the model of entire city.

Maya

For geotechnical work

Geo studio: utilized for breaking down incline solidness, ground water leakage, push misshapenings

Geo5 : utilized for Unearthing configuration, Shallow establishment and profound establishment plan, solidness examination, settlement investigation

FLAC3D: progressed geotechnical examination of soil, shake, and auxiliary help in three measurements.