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Project Manager, Construction Reviews
What is it like working as a Project Manager, Construction?
August 2015
Ask questions.
Project Manager, Construction:
Ask questions. No one knows everything.
August 2015
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Project Manager, Construction:
Pros: Its a job and it gives me money.
Cons: I don't get paid enough for what I bring in.
August 2015
Project Manager, Construction:
Be prepared to work 10 to 12 hours a day.
August 2015
Stressful.
Project Manager, Construction:
Pros: Happy customers and taking a vacant lot and turning it into a home.
Cons: Bad industry culture, bad work life balance, long commute.
August 2015
Think Strategically plan methodically do continually.
Project Manager, Construction:
Ask questions do not pretend to know if you don't. Do the 1%ers. Plan using experts in their field. Undertake comprehensive risk management. Understand your budget and track costs methodically. Challenge things if it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. Always ask for the facts and ask for proof. Understand who the decision makers are and develop good relationships where possible. Understand their drivers and proactively provide them with the information they need from you, if they have to ask you for it you aren't doing your job. Set firm boundaries with your team and management, respectfully. Always keep an eye on the end game. Leave work at work or it will eat you. Exercise, play sport, play, paint or whatever it is that relaxes you. Take holidays.
August 2015
Estimator and Project Manager.
Project Manager, Construction:
Pros: Every project is different, managing multiple levels of people, and having a multi-faceted role; budgeting, negotiating, contract reading, estimating, blueprint reading, managing people/projects.
Cons: Stressful, working with uneducated field labor, contentious environment between general contractor and subcontractor.
July 2015
Work flexibility.
Project Manager, Construction:
Pros: The variety of work that the job brings.
Cons: Feeling undervalued in current position.
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