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Construction Project Managers and Related Professionals

Job holders in this unit group manage and oversee major construction and civil engineering projects and major building contracts for quality of work, safety, timeliness and completion within budget; forecast travel patterns and develop strategies for managing the impact of traffic-related demand.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 23,144
£ 37,105
£ 61,780

New workers start around £23,144. Normal pay is £37,105 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £61,780.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 69,697 vacancies for this type of job

2.82%

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?

  • Writes reports for funding bids and planning authorities and acts as expert witness.

  • Examines accident 'backspots' to improve road safety.

  • Assesses schemes to manage traffic such as congestion charging and parking controls.

  • Forecasts the impact on traffic and transport of new developments (e.g. shopping centre).

  • Records, monitors and reports progress.

  • Identifies defects in work and proposes corrections.

  • Regularly inspects and monitors progress and quality of work, ensures legal requirements are met.

  • Hires and may supervise site staff, establishes temporary site offices, takes delivery of materials.

  • Plans work schedules for construction projects based on prior discussion with architects, surveyors etc..

  • Assembles information for invoicing at the end of projects.

  • Briefs project team, contractors and suppliers.

  • Draws up budgets and timescales for new construction projects based on clients.

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.

  • Engineering Management

  • Project Management

  • Construction

  • Procurement

  • Agile Methodology

  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Project Engineering

  • Subcontracting

  • Amazon Web Services

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

  • Communications

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

  • Innovation

  • Customer Service

  • Mentorship

  • Coaching

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.

Routes to this career

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Construction and the Built Environment (Civil Engineering) - HND South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

Construction and the Built Environment (Civil Engineering) - HND

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College) London
South Thames College (Wandsworth), London
Qualification
HND
Duration
1 Year
Study mode
Full-time
Start date
2023-2024
Average grad salary
N/A
UCAS Tariff
N/A
Student satisfaction
N/A
Course study options
2 course options available

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