Ever wondered what your construction management career would look like as a general contractor? From field to project engineer, to project management, I'll go through these jobs, how long you can expect to be in each position, and expected construction engineering and construction management salaries. Feel free to add me on instagram @kikoga.

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Intern:
This to me is the best place to start in construction. You get a crash course and if you work for a good company, you can get a real taste of what life as a general contractor will really be like. The construction and engineering industry is not for everyone, so doing an internship is a great way to see if this is the lifestyle you want.

Entry Level Engineer:
So usually you will need a college degree to become an entry level engineer, and usually you will start in the field. This is the best place to start because you have to learn how things get built. All your theoretical knowledge from college will pale in comparison to what you will learn from being on site for a construction project. You will do things here like QC, taking measurements, reading the drawings, quantity takeoffs and hopefully familiarizing yourself with the steps of construction. My advice to all engineers is to try and learn things as if you are going to be told to build it yourself. The salaries I've seen in Hawaii range from ($55k-$85k) and it depends how big the company is and how they hire their employees.

Mid Level Engineer (Project Engineer)
Here is where you make the decision whether you want to go into project management and manage more of the office side of construction or the field side as a project superintendent. But at this stage you should be coming proficient at construction means and methods, understanding cost, managing changes, scheduling, and becoming a mini-superintendent or mini project manager trying to prep yourself to take the next step. At this level you should be able to speak intelligently about all different scopes of work for the project and understand how to review their documents or at least be able to ask the right questions. The salaries I've seen in Hawaii range from ($70k-$100k+).

Project Manager
Here is where you are truly responsible for a team of people and managing cost and risk. It really helps to have that solid foundation from your years as an engineer to prepare yourself to be a true decision maker for the project. You will need to understand your contract, help with the schedule and be able to forecast your cost for the project and identify major risk and opportunities to make money. The salaries I've seen in Hawaii are usually above six figures for Project Managers.

Superintendent
Here is where you are responsible for the field. You need to understand building and managing crews and subtrades. To me, this is the most important position on the project as you have the biggest influence on how the job is executed. Usually to be a superintendent you will need to have around 10 years of experience; I find that the best superintendents are those who grew up in the field actually working and breathing the life of a worker.

High Level Management
As with any corporate company there's a ladder to climb and its the same in general contracting. Above the project managers you have higher level managers that may be in charge of multiple small jobs or one big job. Above them you may have a district, or area manager who oversee the entire state or region.

0:00 Intro
1:02 Intern
2:07 Entry Level Engineer (With Salary)
3:27 Project Engineer-Mid Level Engineer (With Salary)
5:24 Project Manager (With Salary)
7:18 Superintendent
8:30 High Level Management
10:00 Other Jobs Within General Contracting
11:13 Why Starting In General Contracting Is The Best

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