Architectural or Engineering Manager
Other Titles
Chief Engineer, Civil Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, Engineering Group Manager, Engineering Manager, Engineering Program Manager, Principal Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
Architectural and Engineering Managers are responsible for performing various duties related to research and development in the fields of engineering and architecture. In this role, they review the designs and plans for research or development in these fields. They also share the designs and plans with the clients to get their approval before implementing them. A part of their job is to identify the technical activities involved in architecture or engineering projects. They then coordinate those activities and make sure they are implemented as per the specifications.
Manage the coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineering projects.
Direct, review, or approve project design changes.
Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.
Prepare budgets, bids, or contracts.
Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to clients.
Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures.
Assess project feasibility by analyzing technology, resource needs, or market demand.
Review, recommend, or approve contracts or cost estimates.
Develop or implement policies, standards, or procedures for engineering and technical work.
Establish scientific or technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management.
Direct recruitment, placement, and evaluation of architecture or engineering project staff.
Perform administrative functions, such as reviewing or writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, or purchasing of materials or services.
Develop or implement programs to improve sustainability or reduce the environmental impacts of engineering or architecture activities or operations.
Evaluate the environmental impacts of engineering, architecture, or research and development activities.
Plan or direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, or repair of facilities or equipment.
Identify environmental threats or opportunities associated with the development and launch of new technologies.
Plan, direct, or coordinate survey work with other project activities.
Manufacturing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesReading Comprehension→ Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Critical Thinking→ Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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.
Complex Problem Solving→ Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination→ Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making→ Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Speaking→ Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Time Management→ Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Mathematics→ Using mathematics to solve problems.
Monitoring→ Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Writing→ Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning→ Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Social Perceptiveness→ Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Negotiation→ Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion→ Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Instructing→ Teaching others how to do something.
Systems Analysis→ Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation→ Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Learning Strategies→ Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Management of Personnel Resources→ Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Management of Financial Resources→ Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Management of Material Resources→ Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Service Orientation→ Actively looking for ways to help people.
Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Manage construction activities.
Analyze data to determine project feasibility.
Manage operations, research, or logistics projects.
Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
Communicate organizational information to customers or other stakeholders.
Negotiate project specifications.
Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets.
Prepare operational budgets.
Analyze market research data.
Estimate demand for products or services.
Approve expenditures.
Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.
Implement organizational process or policy changes.
Develop organizational policies or programs.
Manage human resources activities.
Analyze impact of legal or regulatory changes.
Develop organizational goals or objectives.
Direct facility maintenance or repair activities.
Communicate with government agencies.
Present information to the public.
Promote products, services, or programs.
Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
Develop sustainable organizational policies or practices.
Evaluate environmental impact of operational or development activities.
Identify environmental concerns.
Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Speed of Closure — The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of a language - English, French, Swahili et cetera - including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Access software -- Access control software; Citrix; Mac HelpMate; PuTTY; AB iLock Security Services; Avaya Identity Engines
Accounting software -- e.g., Xero; Quickbooks; Sage Accounting
Analytical or scientific software -- Water surface pressure gradient WSPG software; IBM SPSS Statistics; Minitab; The MathWorks MATLAB
Application server software -- e.g., GitHub; Docker
Business intelligence and data analysis software -- e.g., Zoho Analytics; MicroStrategy; Tableau; Qlik Tech QlikView; IBM Cognos Impromptu
Calendar and scheduling software -- Maintenance scheduling software; Scheduling software
Computer aided design CAD software -- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD; Drawing and drafting software; Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk AutoCAD Civil D; Autodesk Revit; Autodesk VIZ; Hewlett-Packard HP SolidDesigner
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software -- e.g., ZWCAD Software; Delcam PowerMILL; Geometric CAMWorks; Open Mind hyperMILL
Configuration management software -- e.g., Perforce Helix software; Chef; Puppet
Content workflow software -- Workflow software; Atlassian JIRA; Iron Mountain; Papertrail; OpenKM; ProcessMaker
Database management system software -- Relational database management software; MySQL; Amazon Data Pipeline; Amazon Kinesis; Apache Cassandra; Apache Flume; Apache Hadoop; Oracle PL/SQL; MongoDB; NoSQL; Teradata Database
Database user interface and query software -- Data entry software; Structured query language SQL; Microsoft Access; Microsoft SQL Server; Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC; Amazon Redshift; Amazon Web Services AWS software; Autodesk Buzzsaw
Development environment software -- Microsoft Visual Basic; Microsoft Azure; Verilog; Apache Kafka; National Instruments LabVIEW; Ruby
Document management software -- e.g., Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended; Adobe Systems Adobe LifeCycle ES
Electronic mail software -- Microsoft Exchange Server; IBM Notes; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise application integration software -- Extensible markup language XML
Enterprise resource planning ERP software -- e.g., Sage; Xero; Sapama; ebizframe; Odoo; Macro 2000; SYSPRO ERP; QuickEasy BOS; TrueERP; Microsoft Dynamics; NetSuite ERP; Oracle Hyperion; SAP; Agile Product Lifecyle Management PLM
Enterprise system management software -- Splunk Enterprise
Expert system software -- Ansible software
File versioning software -- e.g., Git
Graphics or photo imaging software -- e.g., Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud ; Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks; Adobe Systems Adobe Flash; Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop; Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite; Corel Painter GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP; Microsoft Visio; Trimble SketchUp Pro; SmugMug Flickr
Industrial control software -- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software; RTA Fleet Management;
Internet browser software -- e.g., Apple Safari; Windows Explorer; Google Chrome; Mozilla Firefox
Inventory management software
Map creation software -- Geographic information system GIS software; Orbital Africa; ESRI ArcGIS software; Maptitude Mapping Software
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
Network monitoring software -- e.g., Nagios; Wireshark
Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software -- Virtual private networking VPN software
Object or component oriented development software -- e.g., Apache Groovy ; C++; C#; Objective C; Oracle Java; Practical extraction and reporting language Perl; Python; Scala
Object oriented Database management software -- e.g., PostgreSQL
Office suite software -- e.g., Corel WordPerfect Office; Microsoft Office; Google Workspace; Apache OpenOffice.org
Operating system software -- e.g., Apple macOS; Bash; Hewlett Packard HP-UX; Job control language JCL; KornShell; Linux; Microsoft Windows; Oracle Solaris; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Shell script; Ubuntu; UNIX
Presentation software -- e.g., Google Slides; Apple iWork Keynote; Corel Presentations; Microsoft PowerPoint
Program testing software -- Dynamic analysis software; Functional testing software; Integration testing software; Interoperability testing software; testing software; Static analysis software; Stress testing software; System testing software; Test design software; Test implementation software; Unit testing software; Usability testing software; Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
Project management software -- e.g., Confluence; Sapama Projects; Sciforma PPM solution; Xero Projects; Microsoft Project; Easy Projects; Microsoft SharePoint; Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management; Realization Streamliner
Spreadsheet software -- e.g., Corel Quattro Pro; Microsoft Excel; Google Sheets
Time accounting software
Transaction server software -- Customer information control system CICS
Web platform development software -- e.g., Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML; Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML; Backbone.js; Hypertext markup language HTML; Google AngularJS; JavaScript; Microsoft ASP.NET
Word processing software -- e.g., Corel Wordperfect; Microsoft Word; Google Docs
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