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Construction Jobs
Construction jobs and candidates can be found at iHireConstruction. Offering careers and job seekers at many different levels of experience, we use a unique system in order to match candidates to an employers’ job description. The following are a list of construction job titles we have listed on our site:
Architect
These professionals transform an owners construction needs into legible plans for builders to work from. They plan, design, and oversee all processes. Using rational ideas, they create drawings and formats with specific measurements to be used throughout the building process.
Assistant Project Manager
During the construction process, they assist with managing all construction workers. These associates must often meet with contractors and designers for accurate scheduling, staffing, and cost analysis. They often create the progress and budget reports necessary to compute remaining estimates. They work directly with the Project Manager.
Assistant Supervisor
On site, supervisors and assistant supervisors assist with daily activities. They make decisions to ensure quality is optimized and budgets are maintained. Additionally, they ensure all procedures are properly followed.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
These administrative professionals must have a thorough knowledge of all processes in the construction field. They focus on short and long term goals in order to increase profits. They also direct all companies’ policies and implement realistic and competitive objectives.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
These associates are responsible for all financial aspects. This includes accounting, budgeting, insurance, credit, tax, and other financial procedures. They must compile large amounts of data to be analyzed in order to alter policies to increase efficiency, accuracy, and revenue.
Civil Engineer
These associates are often responsible for developing organized product designs. They must calculate the accurate amount of staff, material, and equipment necessary to complete a project. Projects include bridges, roads, dams, airports, and numerous other developments.
Computer Aided Design Drafter/Specialist
With the assistance of specialized software and programs, these associates create detailed and legible reports. These complex designs are generally created from fairly rough designs and ideas. Each document must include current legal standards and codes.
Construction Engineer
Associates in this occupation must have knowledge in every issue related to construction and design. They are responsible for monitoring costs and expenditures throughout projects. These associates must be highly trained and possess a technical education with a construction background.
Construction Foreman
Foremen handle all aspects related to personnel management on site. They make decisions pertaining to production on a daily basis. They may work side by side with laborers, so they must have the capability to manually complete any activity.
Construction Manager
These managers oversee all aspects of an entire building or construction project, so organizational skills are pertinent. With the help of an Assistant Manager, they maintain schedules, production outlines, and deadlines for multiple sites. These associates work directly with owners to ensure satisfaction throughout the extent of the project.
Construction Superintendent
At the work site, superintendents manage the activities of the workforce, material and equipment deliveries, as well as keep records of daily progress. Through delays and peak times, they must maintain an adequate amount of laborers, and coordinate all activities among contractors accordingly. If any discrepancies arise, they have the ability and authority to properly and quickly resolve any issues.
Construction Supervisor
Supervisors often assume the same basic duties as a foreman. They work closely with the laborers to ensure safety, quality, and timely production. All decisions that arise among workers are directed to these associates.
Contract Administrator
Due to the numerous documents and contracts that must be properly maintained before, during, and after the construction process, administrators are delegated the duties of preparing each piece accurately. They coordinate the ideas of owners, contractors, and designers into clear documents, so they must meet with each on a regular basis to ensure there are no discrepancies. They are also responsible for negotiating any specific details that need to be altered.
Design Engineer
These professionals work with the drawings or blueprints that encompass the specific requirements involved in construction development. They often present multiple products, making enhancements as necessary to accurately and efficiently portray owners’ needs and builders’ requirements. Their goal is to maintain realistic costs throughout the entire design.
Estimator
By using a combination of past experiences and project specifications, these associates accurately project the amount of materials, equipment, and man hours that must be utilized in order to complete a given project. Based upon these calculations, they create a project budget that is presented to owners. All necessary details must meet not only legal, but also company policies and guidelines.
Field Engineer
Responsible for daily inspections, field engineers ensure that plans are being properly executed. They are also required to monitor site progress to ensure schedules are being maintained. If problems arise, they need to have a thorough knowledge of concepts and procedures in order to quickly, and often times creatively, find a solution.
Inspector
These professionals may work at one site and follow construction from beginning to end, or travel from one site to the next and monitor progress at different stages. They must be knowledgeable of all zoning laws, community ordinances, and legal codes that are to be maintained by each facility type. If any inconsistencies occur, they must be capable of offering advice to contractors in order to clear any issues.
Land Acquisition
Once organizations establish the need for additional space to an existing facility, land acquisition specialists are used to research guidelines and costs, negotiate with land owners, and make purchases of short term leases that are necessary for the growing company. They are responsible for all legal activities such as title transfers, zoning, and deeds. They must prepare and present all legal documents as necessary.
Marketing Managers
These associates are primarily concerned with maintaining excellent customer relations, so they act as a liaison to the investors. They are responsible for ensuring customers are informed of progress, and understand all goals. Another primary duty is generating new leads with the use of creative and effective techniques.
Planner/Scheduler
Based on preliminary reports, these associates will schedule crews, plan deliveries, and organize materials. While under construction, they gather and analyze information necessary for reporting exact progress. They must follow company policies, and will often alter schedules throughout the process of construction.
President
These administrators often have duties similar to the company owner. Any operation that occurs within the construction company is controlled by the President. Their primary goal is to maintain a successful business, which requires knowledge in all aspects of construction and entrepreneurship.
Project Coordinator
These associates often work directly with schedulers and planners in order to coordinate all scheduling and communications that are necessary. They will often act as the liaison to contract managers. They must report on bids, subcontractors, progress, and/or delays.
Project Engineer
As an integral part of a long term IT project, project engineers are in charge of all information systems. They ensure all systems are accurate and efficient. They will create design evaluations, and must have all projects completed with a specific time table and budget.
Purchasing
In order to reduce costs while maintaining quality, purchasing agents are responsible for researching products before placing orders. They order necessary materials and equipment for each project to ensure delivery within the scheduled amount of time. A large amount of research and comparison shopping will be needed in order to keep costs low.
Quality Assurance Manager
To ensure quality products, these administrators design and implement adequate procedures and policies. They administer testing of products whether on or off site to guarantee safe and quality projects are being completed. Their responsibility is to assess specific aspects; therefore they must be knowledgeable in multiple areas of the construction field.
Quality Control Manger
Quality goods are an integral part of construction structures, and quality control managers assist with the creation of detailed standards that must be followed. They must have an immense knowledge of construction processes because they are generally called on to inspect many final products to ensure excellence. If failure is detected, they must be capable of advising on solutions.
Safety Director
A keen knowledge of all construction concepts is necessary for these associates. They direct safety programs in an attempt to reduce any hazards or injuries possible during and after the site’s construction. They design each program to meet strict laws and regulations, but often delegate the training responsibilities to others within their company.
Safety Supervisor
There are a number of hazardous materials that may be found on any construction site. These associates are responsible for training laborers on how to properly handle and dispose of these materials according to procedures and policies set by personal corporation regulations and state laws. They often schedule and regulate removal of these materials and keep detailed records of all transactions.
Sales Manager
In order to increase revenue, executives may plan sales activities and incentive plans for associates. Their goal is to allow maximum growth of both inside and outside sales earnings. To be successful, knowledge of both sales and construction industries is needed.
Sales Associate
A thorough knowledge of basic construction practices is necessary for a successful sales career. These associates are concerned with making sales, but also spend time researching in order to find more customers. These are highly competitive positions that often require work outside of regular business hours.
Surveyor
Surveyors study land surfaces, take detailed measurements, and execute accurate tests, which are all necessary for any construction project. They use precise measurements to create detailed calculations necessary for determining property lines and boundaries. They are also needed to determine if sites are capable of supporting the structures that are to be built.
VP of Construction
Responsible for planning and directing all construction related functions, they must have a complex knowledge of construction concepts. Organizational skills are mandatory due to the fact that these professionals often oversee multiple projects at once. They must adhere to schedules, budgets, and ensure customer satisfaction at all times.
VP of Development
By following not only strict laws and guidelines, but also company procedures, VPs of Development work with similar associates to complete all construction plans. They may attempt building new products or procedures with efforts to increase quality or decrease costs. Associates must have an extensive education for these positions.
VP of Marketing
By carefully following and monitoring any changes in markets, these administrators must adjust company policies accordingly. They are responsible for directing and planning all aspects of marketing for their company. Extensive knowledge of all markets is necessary for company success.
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