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Construction manager – you have an overview on the construction site

From laying of the foundation stone to final acceptance and handover: Construction managers literally have their hats on when it comes to coordinating construction projects. To ensure that buildings can be erected quickly and correctly, ensure that teams are coordinated and that employees are properly instructed. In addition, they check whether external partner companies and supplier companies are fulfilling their tasks.

Construction managers keep a close eye on both the economic and the structural and punctual schedule. You are responsible for ensuring that everything runs as planned on construction sites and that customer wishes are implemented correctly. The final quality control is also carried out by the site manager. This shows whether all the costs and effort have been worth it.

Since construction managers are needed for certain construction projects, you will mainly work for construction companies in building and civil engineering. Their job includes carrying out construction site inspections, but also carrying out planning, offers or calculations in the office.

Construction Manager

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Are you looking for a job as a construction manager (m/f/d)?

Have construction sites always had a magical effect on you? Then you certainly know exactly what is important when erecting new buildings or constructing roads, tracks, tunnels or canals. Via your studies in civil engineering, you have laid the foundations for the effective implementation of exciting construction projects as a construction manager, thereby holding all the reins.

Are you looking for a qualified construction manager (m/f/d)?

Are you planning a complex construction project and looking for a site manager who is responsible for the complete implementation of a construction project? Our specialists will implement your projects quickly and on time. In doing so, they coordinate the entire team, keep an eye on costs and openly communicate with all companies and suppliers involved.

Are you looking for an exciting project as a construction manager (m/f/d)?

You have already successfully accompanied several construction projects through the implementation and are an absolute professional in building or civil engineering as well as working as a freelancer? How about a new exciting construction project where you conduct negotiations, coordinate teams and implement project plans?

Who is a construction manager?

As a site manager, you keep an eye on all activities on the construction site and implement the wishes and requirements of your employers. You are responsible for quality control on the construction site. This means that you spend a lot of time on construction sites and coordinate and instruct suppliers, external companies and employees. They also work in the office, where they carry out preparatory and follow-up work as well as project management. You also conduct negotiations with the carrier, the suppliers and the authorities, obtain offers and carry out calculations.

Sometimes the job as a site manager can be stressful and nerve-racking. Because sometimes project plans can not be adhered to. This requires routine and expertise as well as a possible recourse to an emergency plan.

Since you come into contact with contact persons with different educational backgrounds on the construction site, but also in co-operation with your carrier and external companies, the profession of construction manager requires an enormous knowledge of human nature. Because only with communication at eye level can you solve problems and involve all parties involved in the entire construction process. There are correspondingly many similarities with the job profile of the project manager.

What tasks are part of the everyday work of a construction manager?

The activities of site managers are very diverse, as they have to ensure the complete organisation and implementation of a construction project.

Therefore, the following tasks are part of the routine of site managers:

 
  • Monitoring and managing the construction site
  • Observing the requirements in the building permit, in plans and other regulations
  • Checking the proper implementation of the construction work
  • Completing construction site inspections
  • Work out workflows
  • Advertising for bids and obtaining cost estimates
  • Conducting negotiations and agreements with the client
  • Preparing a construction schedule
  • Accepting services and deliveries
  • Take over cost control and invoice verification
  • Involved in official acceptances
  • Complying with safety and health protection guidelines

Construction manager salary – how much does a site manager earn?

As construction managers usually have many years of experience in the construction industry, they already earn about EUR 4,900 gross per month in the first few years. This salary increases with increasing professional experience. In this way, long-standing site managers can earn up to EUR 8,000 gross per month.

However, the salary also depends on the work or client and the complexity of the construction project.

There are several ways to become a site manager. This is because the construction manager is in fact a career step in the construction industry, which results if that person has already gained several years of professional experience in the construction industry. There is no special training or study to become a construction manager.

However, some academic professions are particularly well suited to becoming a construction manager. These include:

  • Civil engineering,
  • Architecture,
  • Water and soil management, and
  • Building technology.

It is also possible without an academic background to move up to the position of construction manager or a construction manager. Then, however, master titles or comparable further training, e.g., as a technician, become necessary. The following qualified professions pave the way to becoming a construction manager or a site manager:

  • Construction technician,
  • Mason/concrete master,
  • Master roofer,
  • Road builder,
  • Master carpenter, and
  • Polisher (structural or civil engineering).

There are several ways to become a site manager. This is because the construction manager is in fact a career step in the construction industry, which results if that person has already gained several years of professional experience in the construction industry. There is no special training or study to become a construction manager.

However, some academic professions are particularly well suited to becoming a construction manager. These include:

  • Civil engineering,
  • Architecture,
  • Water and soil management, and
  • Building technology.

It is also possible without an academic background to move up to the position of construction manager or a construction manager. Then, however, master titles or comparable further training, e.g., as a technician, become necessary. The following qualified professions pave the way to becoming a construction manager or a site manager:

  • Construction technician,
  • Mason/concrete master,
  • Master roofer,
  • Road builder,
  • Master carpenter, and
  • Polisher (structural or civil engineering).

A degree in civil engineering or architecture at a university or university of applied sciences is usually a prerequisite for the construction manager position. Studies at a university of applied sciences are more practice-oriented, while a general university degree often leads to a scientific career. Profound specialist knowledge is obligatory for working on a construction site.

Moreover, site managers require a broad range of soft skills such as organisational talent and communication skills. Other required skills:

  • Analytical thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Strong negotiation and communication skills
  • In-depth knowledge of mathematics and statistics
  • Demonstrable knowledge of statics, timber construction, CAD planning, building informatics
  • Advanced know-how in using relevant technologies

A degree in civil engineering or architecture at a university or university of applied sciences is usually a prerequisite for the construction manager position. Studies at a university of applied sciences are more practice-oriented, while a general university degree often leads to a scientific career. Profound specialist knowledge is obligatory for working on a construction site.

Moreover, site managers require a broad range of soft skills such as organisational talent and communication skills. Other required skills:

  • Analytical thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Strong negotiation and communication skills
  • In-depth knowledge of mathematics and statistics
  • Demonstrable knowledge of statics, timber construction, CAD planning, building informatics
  • Advanced know-how in using relevant technologies

The construction industry is currently booming: Houses and roads are built, offices and warehouses are commissioned. The result: The order books are full and construction companies are recording pleasing sales growth. Thus, site manager is a sought-after profession.

In recent years, the number of employees in the construction industry has grown – in the future, construction activities will continue to grow and work in construction management will be even more highly demand.

In addition, there are further career opportunities if you work as a construction manager. In this way, after a few years, you can make the leap to the upper or section construction manager. Their job prospects will therefore improve steadily over the next few years.

The construction industry is currently booming: Houses and roads are built, offices and warehouses are commissioned. The result: The order books are full and construction companies are recording pleasing sales growth. Thus, site manager is a sought-after profession.

In recent years, the number of employees in the construction industry has grown – in the future, construction activities will continue to grow and work in construction management will be even more highly demand.

In addition, there are further career opportunities if you work as a construction manager. In this way, after a few years, you can make the leap to the upper or section construction manager. Their job prospects will therefore improve steadily over the next few years.


Are you looking for exciting new construction projects where your expertise and experience as a construction manager are in demand? Would you also like to work in a company or on a project that suits you personally? Then we will help you find the perfect match. We know your industry inside out. And through personal conversations with you, we will know what is important for you in your future job.

We keep an eye on your needs as well as the requirements of our partner companies. And through our new "Find & Engage" concept, we bring you into contact with your desired company and open the door to your new job or project as a construction manager.

For this purpose, we compare your portfolio with that of the searching company and establish the first contact. Now it's up to you: Find out interesting facts about the company and your future activities in the conversation and get to know each other. If your ideas match, and you and the company are interested in a co-operation, Hays drafts the contract.

Shape your professional future together with us. We also take your wishes into account in the choice of contract type and find the right model for you, whether permanent employment, temporary employment or contracting.

Are you looking for exciting new construction projects where your expertise and experience as a construction manager are in demand? Would you also like to work in a company or on a project that suits you personally? Then we will help you find the perfect match. We know your industry inside out. And through personal conversations with you, we will know what is important for you in your future job.

We keep an eye on your needs as well as the requirements of our partner companies. And through our new "Find & Engage" concept, we bring you into contact with your desired company and open the door to your new job or project as a construction manager.

For this purpose, we compare your portfolio with that of the searching company and establish the first contact. Now it's up to you: Find out interesting facts about the company and your future activities in the conversation and get to know each other. If your ideas match, and you and the company are interested in a co-operation, Hays drafts the contract.

Shape your professional future together with us. We also take your wishes into account in the choice of contract type and find the right model for you, whether permanent employment, temporary employment or contracting.


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