Project Manager

Plan, direct, coordinate, or budget, 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, and implementations.

Tasks

• Plans, organizes, and directs activities concerned with construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems.
• Confers with supervisory personnel to discuss such matters as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
• Inspects and reviews construction work, repair projects, and reports to ensure work conforms to specifications.
• Studies job specifications to plan and approve construction of project.
• Directs and supervises workers on construction site to ensure project meets specifications.
• Contracts workers to perform construction work in accordance with specifications.
• Requisitions supplies and materials to complete construction project.
• Interprets and explains plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers, and clients.
• Formulates reports concerning such areas as work progress, costs, and scheduling.
• Dispatches workers to construction sites to work on specified project.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures.
• Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills

• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Abilities

• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Work Activities

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Interests

• Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
• Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
• Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.