Construction Managers
Also called:
Project Manager, Construction Manager, Construction Superintendent, Estimator
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.
On the job, you would:
- Schedule the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines.
- Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters, such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems.
- Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors.
Engineering and Technology
- building and construction
- product and service development
Business
- management
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Resource Management
- managing your time and the time of other people
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Project management software
- UDA Construction Office Construction Management
- Versa-Calc Jobber 6 Construction Calculator
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Integrated construction management software
Document management software
- Axios Systems assyst
- Daily Manager
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bachelor's degree or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$82,790
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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