Construction Manager Duties

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The construction project manager is the ultimate authority on development and completion of construction projects. They are responsible for all project planning and scheduling, resource allocation, and project accounting and control. The duties and responsibilities for a construction project manager run the gamut from hiring the contractors to responding to citizen calls concerning the project's compliance with zoning laws. An experienced and well-educated professional, the construction project manager is well-equipped to deal with these and other issues.

Minimum criteria
1. Have at least 5 years of experience in construction industry.
As a project manager, he must be involved in the work of construction industry for at least some times to …show more content…

Malaysia is a multicultural country with different types of people involving in the construction industry. In order to communicate with the workers in the construction site, a project manager should be able to speak several languages. Since Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and English is most commonly used in the construction industry, it is essential a project manager to be mastered in communicating with these types of language. In some circumstances, project managers may need to communicate with suppliers from other country. Therefore, mastering in communication skills would help a project managers …show more content…

They must be able to understand and solve complex problems and provide analysis to decision making. For example, when there is a injury of workers at the site, they would be able to analyze the situation and identify the cause of the injury then come out with a solution that quiet down the issue.

8. Excellent in business and time-management skill.

As a project manager, he must be good in conducting a business with the client and this will require good business skill. Excellent time-management skill within a project manager is also essential. In the construction of a project, the project manager must be able to plan, schedule and well manage the construction period for the whole project. The project manager would possible able to speed up the time needed for the project to be finished when he manage it perfectly.

9. Must be keen on having a long term career with our company

This requirement is to ensure that the hired project managers are willing to work in our company as a long term career. In enforcing this requirement, we do not need to hire new project managers for our company in the next few years if only there is an expand of business in the company. Moreover, this is also to prevent our customers being taken over by the project managers to another construction company which would affect the profit of the

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