These professionals are in charge of planning, coordinating and overseeing the property execution in all its phases, from locating the land to delivering the building. They also manage the contracts (materials, manufacturing companies, professionals, etc.) required for the physical execution of the works and coordinating all these contracts, ensuring the fulfilment of set planning, cost and operational quality objectives.

• Seek and locate possible locations where to carry out the real state operation and hire the design team in charge of carrying out the project.
• Validate and review the draft of the project.
• Carry out the overall planning of the building work, carrying out a prior audit to verify that the planning is correct and that the project can be assumed.
• Contact the different industrialists, installers, professionals, possible suppliers, and compare offers for materials, manufacturing companies, professionals, etc.
• Make hiring proposals and negotiate with the contracting companies about quality, deadlines, prices, etc. Assess different cost and term alternatives.
• Contract the final industrialists, installers, professionals, suppliers, etc.
• Coordinate and control the progress of the building work and contractors to ensure that the different materials, industrial companies, professionals, etc., deliver their work at the right time and fulfil the terms agreed.
• Supervise all the tests and/or analytics that are in charge of the quality of the different materials and monitor the quality plan of the building work.
• Ensure that health and safety in the workplace regulations are enforced and monitor any incidents that may arise.
• Confirm compliance with the timelines of different contractors, in different phases of the building work.
• Analyse the planning and impact of the deadlines planned for the building work, as well as possible economic deviations.
• Maintain contact with the client to keep him informed of the development of the building work.
• Draft reports on the status and progress of the building work and manage the final documentation for the delivery of the finished building work: certifications; service registrations, etc.
• Execute the certifications necessary to hand over the building work.
• Once the building work is completed, offer post-sale assistance in the event of any imperfection, incident, claim, etc.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Arquitectura
• Grau: Arquitectura tècnica
• Grau: Enginyeria civil
• Grau: Enginyeria d'obres públiques
• Grau: Arquitectura tècnica i edificació
• Grau: Enginyeria en tecnologies industrials

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Negotiation: Level 2

Customer orientation: Level 1

Analytical thought: Level 2

Planning and organisation: Level 3

Concern for order and quality: Level 3

Management

The organisation, administration and control of a company or entity are the main interests of people related to the management field. Activities included in this field of interest vary from effective resource management, feasibility analyses and solving business problems to the development of skills and fostering of motivation in relation to human resources. Knowledge regarding specific techniques of strategic administration and business management are required to carry out these activities.

Logistics

The planning, organisation, control and carrying out of logistics and administrative tasks are the focus of people who work in the field of logistics. Activities in the field of logistics include the organisation and planning of supply, storage, production and distribution systems, taking inventories, controlling stock and estimating production, as well as the organisation and/or carrying out of the administrative tasks necessary for the implementation of these activities. Knowledge of organisation, control and management techniques is essential for carrying out these activities.

Technician

People who show an interest in the technical field find fulfilment in carrying out activities related to the design and manufacture of objects, machines, vehicles and/or infrastructures. These activities require the application of scientific and technical knowledge (laws of physics, calculations and mathematical formulas, properties of the materials, etc). Creativity is also necessary when coming up with optimal solutions for the functional requirements of the products to be designed. Therefore, the pragmatic application of scientific knowledge in order to develop solutions for the benefit of human beings is the main function of occupations in the technical field.

Technician in structural safety

Technical building work execution auditor

Environmental worksite management technician

Construction manager

Insurance adjuster

• Work hours

  40 hours per week but with flexible hours.
  

• Salary

  The salary ranges between 36,940 and 51.606 euros gross per year, depending on the experience and characteristics of the projects executed. The average salary is around 43,665 euros gross per year.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.
  

• Professional category

  Technician