Construction Engineering and Management
Undergraduate Program
Starting and Career Advancement Positions
Graduates fill positions in construction companies, engineering
consulting firms, government agencies, and large corporations. The
positions usually involve either the planning, design, and management
of the construction process for a general, specialty, or mechanical
contractor, or the coordination, inspection, and management of design,
contracts, or facilities for a business, industry or government owner.
- Field engineer - implements and coordinates engineered
construction processes.
- Estimator - develops itemized costs and budgets for design and
construction based upon knowledge and pre-design of operations,
materials, and resources requirements.
- Scheduling engineer - designs and monitors the plan for timing and
sequence of construction operations.
- Project engineer - designs all or part of the project construction
process, coordinates construction engineering to accomplish the
overall objectives of the facility design team.
- Project manager - oversees all aspects of a project, coordinates
subcontractors, provides primary contact to the client as well as to
the company's or agency's leaders.
- Chief/senior/principal engineer, estimator, project manager -
oversees operations in designated areas related to multiple projects.
- Division head or vice president, senior vice president, president,
chief executive officer - manages overall company or agency
operations.
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