Career Details :: Engineering Managers
Description
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
Experience
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Education
A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Training
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Tasks
- Establishes procedures and directs testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of transmitter equipment.
- Evaluates contract proposals, directs negotiation of research contracts, and prepares bids and contracts.
- Plans and directs installation, maintenance, testing, and repair of facilities and equipment.
- Directs, reviews, and approves product design and changes and directs testing.
- Plans, coordinates, and directs engineering project, organizes and assigns staff, and directs integration of technical activities with products.
- Plans and directs oil field development, gas and oil production, and geothermal drilling.
- Analyzes technology, resource needs, and market demand, and confers with management, production, and marketing staff to plan and assess feasibility of project.
- Plans, directs, and coordinates survey work with activities of other staff, certifies survey work, and writes land legal descriptions.
- Administers highway planning, construction, and maintenance, and reviews and recommends or approves contracts and cost estimates.
- Directs engineering of water control, treatment, and distribution projects.
- Confers with and prepares reports for officials and speaks to public to solicit support.
Related Careers
- Aerospace Engineers
- Civil Engineers
- Electrical Drafters
- Industrial Safety and Health Engineers
- Marine Architects
- Marine Engineers
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
- Nuclear Engineers
- Petroleum Engineers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Coordinating Work & Activities of Others
- Communicating With Other Workers
- Guiding, Directing & Motivating Subordinates
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Objective or Subjective Information
Related Majors
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| Apprentice Training/Electrical |  [ add ] |
| Civil Engineering | [ add ] |
| Civil Engineering/Building Science | [ add ] |
| Civil Engineering/Construction Engineering | [ add ] |
| Civil Engineering/Environmental Engineering | [ add ] |
| Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering | [ add ] |
| Civil Engineering/Water Resources | [ add ] |
| Civil/Environmental Engineering | [ add ] |
| Engineering Management | [ add ] |
| Engineering Systems Management | [ add ] |
| Facilities Management | [ add ] |
| Industrial/Management Engineering | [ add ] |
| Land Surveying | [ add ] |
| Management Engineering | [ add ] |
| Management/Engineering | [ add ] |
| Operations Research Engineering | [ add ] |
| Package Handling | [ add ] |
| Physics/Civil Engineering | [ add ] |
| Pre-respiratory Therapy | [ add ] |
| Surveying | [ add ] |
| Surveying Technology | [ add ] |
| Systems Architecture/Engineering | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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