Construction Management

Running the job site: the managers, superintendents, schedulers, and contractors who turn drawings into real buildings.

Top pay: highest pay, longest training

• Construction Project Executive: Oversees a portfolio of large projects, like several hospitals or a skyscraper, for a general contractor. Typical pay $170k.
• General Superintendent: The boss of the job site: directs all the trades and makes sure the building actually gets built. Typical pay $125k.
• General Contractor (Business Owner): Owns a construction company that bids on and builds projects, hiring subcontractors for each trade. Typical pay $130k.
• Owner's Representative: Works for the building's owner, like a university or tech company, to keep the contractor and architect honest. Typical pay $125k.

Mid pay: solid pay, degree or apprenticeship

• Construction Manager: Runs construction projects from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting, keeping them safe, on time, and on budget. Typical pay $107k.
• Assistant Superintendent: Helps the superintendent run day-to-day work on a job site. Typical pay $82k.
• Construction Foreman / Trade Supervisor: Leads a crew of carpenters, electricians, or other trades on a job site. Typical pay $78k.
• Project Engineer (Construction): The technical right hand of the project manager, handling drawings, questions, and paperwork. Typical pay $78k.
• Construction Scheduler: Builds the master timeline for a project, often with thousands of linked tasks. Typical pay $98k.
• Construction Claims Consultant: Investigates why big projects ran late or over budget and who should pay, often for lawsuits. Typical pay $105k.
• Construction Quality Control Manager: Makes sure every part of a building is built right before it gets covered up. Typical pay $85k.
• Remodeling Contractor: Runs a small company that remodels kitchens, bathrooms, and additions. Typical pay $72k.
• Assistant Project Manager (Construction): Helps the project manager handle budgets, subcontracts, and client communication. Typical pay $80k.
• Construction Site Logistics Manager: Plans how trucks, cranes, hoists and thousands of deliveries move in and out of a crowded city job site without chaos. Typical pay $100k.
• Labor Compliance Officer: Makes sure workers on government-funded construction projects are paid the legally required wages, and digs into payroll when they are not. Typical pay $72k.

Starter: fastest way in

• Construction Project Coordinator: Keeps project paperwork, permits, and schedules organized for the construction team. Typical pay $52k.
• Construction Laborer: Does the physical work on job sites: digging, carrying materials, cleaning, and helping skilled trades. Typical pay $46k.
• Construction Document Controller: Tracks and files the thousands of drawings, contracts, and reports a big project produces. Typical pay $54k.
• Homebuilder Warranty Service Technician: Fixes problems in brand-new homes during the builder's warranty period, from sticking doors to drywall cracks. Typical pay $50k.
• Jobsite Camera Technician: Mounts and maintains the cameras on cranes and poles that film time-lapse movies and live views of big construction projects. Typical pay $50k.
• Construction Lien Specialist: Protects subcontractors and suppliers from going unpaid by sending legal notices and filing liens on construction projects. Typical pay $52k.

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