Civil & infrastructure contractors job descriptions
Every role a $20M business in this industry hires for: 20 Role Blueprints, from leadership to the field. Open any role for its full template and a free Word file.
Leadership 4
Chief Executive Officer
A civil construction chief executive officer decides which public owners, developers and kinds of work the company bids on, and how much risk each bid may carry.
Chief Operating Officer
A civil construction chief operating officer designs the system every crew, machine and job runs on: how work gets planned, staffed, equipped and checked.
Chief Financial Officer
A civil construction chief financial officer keeps cash moving when public owners pay on their own schedule and hold money back.
General Manager
A civil construction general manager runs one market or division, such as a utility division or a regional office, and answers for its profit.
Managers 9
Field Supervisor
A civil construction field supervisor is the foreman who runs a pipe crew, a grading crew or a paving spread.
HR Manager
A civil construction HR manager hires and keeps the operators, pipe layers, truck drivers and office staff a public works contractor needs.
Lead Engineer / Superintendent
A civil construction superintendent runs the field side of road, utility and drainage jobs, from the first stake to the owner's final walk.
Marketing Manager
A civil construction marketing manager builds the written packages that get the company on a city's, county's or developer's short list.
Office Manager
A civil construction office manager handles the paper a public bid needs: plans and addenda from the plan room, the bid bond and each form the owner asks for.
Operations Manager
A civil construction operations manager decides each day which crews and machines go to which road, utility and drainage job.
Project Manager
A civil construction project manager is the company's contract lead on road, bridge, storm drain and utility jobs for cities, counties, state DOTs and developers.
Sales Manager
A civil construction sales manager brings in the work that isn't won on price alone: developer site work, private owners, negotiated extras and repeat clients.
Warehouse / Logistics Manager
A civil construction logistics manager gets pipe, precast structures, stone, rebar and machines to the right job on the right day.
Office and sales 5
Customer Service Representative
A civil construction customer service representative answers the public line for road, water and sewer jobs.
Dispatcher
A civil construction dispatcher books the trucks, lowboys and drivers that keep road and pipe crews working.
Bookkeeper
A civil construction bookkeeper posts every cost to the bid item it belongs to, from pipe and stone to machine hours.
Inventory Specialist
A civil construction inventory specialist keeps count of the pipe, fittings, manhole and inlet parts, and stone piles in the yard and on jobs.
Sales Representative
A civil construction sales representative finds developers and private owners who need site work: grading, water and sewer lines, storm drains and paving.
In the field 2
Laborer / Helper
A civil construction laborer works on foot among the machines on road, pipe and drainage jobs.
Skilled Tradesperson
A civil construction tradesperson does the skilled hands-on work on road, utility and drainage jobs: setting forms and rebar, placing and finishing concrete, laying pipe, and running a roller or a small machine.
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