Architectural & Engineering Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
Also called: Director of Engineering, Engineering Manager, Project Engineer, Project Engineering Manager
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
- management
- customer service
Skills:
- reading work related information
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
Technology:
Data base management system software
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley MicroStation
Development environment software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Ruby
