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Production Managers and Directors in Construction

Production managers and directors in construction direct and co-ordinate resources for the construction and maintenance of civil and structural engineering works including houses, flats, factories, roads and runways, bridges, tunnels and railway works, harbour, dock and marine works and water supply, drainage and sewage works.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£26,830
£51,650
£108,748

New workers start around £26,830. Normal pay is £51,650 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £108,748.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 149,617 vacancies for this type of job

4.59%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Receives reports upon work in progress to ensure that materials and construction methods meet with specifications and statutory requirements and that there are no deviations from agreed plans.

  • Plans, directs and co-ordinates the construction and maintenance of civil and structural engineering works, including demolition, pipelines and pilings.

  • Receives invitations to tender, arranges for estimates and liaises with client, architects, Chartered architectual technologists and engineers for the preparation of contracts.

  • Liaises with other managers to plan overall production activity and construction activities, sets quality standards and estimates timescales and costs.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Construction

  • Project Management

  • Procurement

  • Subcontracting

  • Construction Management

  • Civil Engineering

  • Environment Health And Safety

  • Business Development

  • Project Delivery

  • Risk Analysis

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

  • Coordinating

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Detail Oriented

  • Budgeting

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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