Job description Construction Manager near Vancouver (BC)
Find out what work is like for a construction manager in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Construction managers (NOC 0711).
Construction managers
Description
Construction managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of a construction company or a construction department within a company, under the direction of a general manager or other senior manager. They are employed by residential, commercial and industrial construction companies and by construction departments of companies outside the construction industry.
Job duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate construction projects from start to finish according to schedule, specifications and budget
- Prepare and submit construction project budget estimates
- Plan and prepare construction schedules and milestones and monitor progress against established schedules
- Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors
- Develop and implement quality control programs
- Represent company on matters such as business services and union contracts negotiation
- Prepare progress reports and issue progress schedules to clients
- Direct the purchase of building materials and land acquisitions
- Hire and supervise the activities of subcontractors and subordinate staff.
Job titles
- commercial construction manager
- industrial construction manager
- project manager, construction
- construction superintendent
- general contractor
- housing construction manager
- pipeline construction manager
- residential construction manager
- construction manager
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