What is a project manager?
Project managers plan, oversee, coordinate, budget and supervise the delivery of construction projects. They ensure that work is completed on time and within budget. They organize day to day logistics, delegate work, and keep track of spending.
Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. They are accountable for the entire project scope, the project team and resources, the project schedule & budget, and the success or failure of the project.
What does a project manager do?
The project manager is responsible for helping to keep projects on a realistic schedule and budget. This involves leading the project team and ensuring awareness of all details to keep the owner up to date.
The job role of a project manager may involve the following duties:
- • Understanding what the client wants to achieve
- • Agreeing on schedule, costs and resources needed to deliver a project
- • Drawing up a detailed plan for how to achieve each stage of a project
- • Selecting and leading the project team
- • Negotiating with subcontractors and suppliers
- • Obtaining permits and approvals
- • Scheduling deliveries of products and supplies to the jobsite
- • Directing a multi-disciplinary team
- • Communicating with staff at every level, in a calm, personable way
- • Overseeing several projects at the same time
- • Ensuring that each stage of the project happens on time, on budget and to a high standard
- • Reporting regularly on progress to the client and stakeholders
- • Resolving any issues or delays
- • Demonstrating knowledge of all areas of construction
- • Writing bids for tender
- • Quality Management
- • Managing several projects simultaneously with the support of junior project managers
- • Working in an office or on a construction site
- • Attending meetings with the owner, contractors and design team
