Job Description
- Discussing the objectives, requirements and budget of a project;
- Consulting with other professionals about design;
- Preparing and presenting feasibility reports and design proposals to the client;
- Advising the client on the practicality of their project;
- Using IT in design and project management, specifically using computer-aided design software;
- Keeping within financial budgets and deadlines;
- Producing detailed workings, drawings and specifications;
- Specifying the nature and quality of materials required;
- Preparing tender applications and presentations;
- Negotiating with contractors and other professionals;
- Preparing applications for planning and building control departments;
- Drawing up tender documents for contracts;
- Project managing and helping to coordinate the work of contractors;
- Controlling a project from start to finish;
- Regular site visits to check on progress, ensuring that the project is running on time and to budget;
- Resolving problems and issues that arise during construction;
- Ensuring that the environmental impact of the project is managed.
Job Specification
1) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
3) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
4) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
5) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
6) Management of Personnel Resources -- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
7) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
8) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
9) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
10) Operations Analysis -- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
11) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
12) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
13) Mathematics -- Using mathematics to solve problems.
14) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
15) Persuasion -- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
16) Management of Financial Resources -- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
17) Negotiation -- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
18) Quality Control Analysis -- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
19) Instructing -- Teaching others how to do something.
20) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
21) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
22) Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.