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Managers · code 1323

Construction managers

Construction managers plan, direct and coordinate the construction of civil engineering projects, buildings and dwellings, either as the manager of a department or as the general manager of an enterprise or organization that does not have a hierarchy of managers. Tasks include - (a) interpreting architectural drawings and specifications; (b) coordinating labour resources and procurement and delivery of materials, plant and equipment; (c) negotiating with building owners, property developers and subcontractors involved in the construction process to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget; (d) preparing tenders and contract bids; (e) operating and implementing coordinated work programmes for sites; (f) ensuring adherence to building legislation and standards of performance, quality, cost and safety; (g) arranging submission of plans to local authorities; (h) building under contract, or subcontracting specialized building services; (i) arranging building inspections by relevant authorities; (j) establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources; (k) overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff and subcontractors. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Civil engineering project manager - Construction project manager - Project builder Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Building construction supervisor - 3123 - House builder - 7111

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 265 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • construction manager

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66.2
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 33.8 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 33.8 = 66.2

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

53.1
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, matched to one US job

23.9
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 21.4 · hand skill 17.9 · cramped spaces 32.5 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on 50+ · fiddly under 39.4 Hands-on, less fiddly work

Less fine handwork and fewer cramped spaces than a typical hands-on job. That clears one hurdle for machines. It doesn't mean machines are doing this work yet.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 53.1 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, and for work like this robots are the bigger question.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 46.3, while the average is 33.8. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 46.3

    Preparing tenders and contract bids

    Low
  2. 38.5

    Operating and implementing coordinated work programmes for sites

    Low
  3. 38.5

    Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources

    Low
  4. 36.5

    Interpreting architectural drawings and specifications

    Low
  5. 36

    Coordinating labour resources and procurement and delivery of materials, plant and equipment

    Low
  6. 34

    Arranging submission of plans to local authorities

    Low
  7. 31.5

    Arranging building inspections by relevant authorities

    Low
  8. 29.3

    Ensuring adherence to building legislation and standards of performance, quality, cost and safety

    Low
  9. 28.3

    Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff and subcontractors

    Low
  10. 28

    Negotiating with building owners, property developers and subcontractors involved in the construction process to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget

    Low
  11. 25.5

    Building under contract, or subcontracting specialized building services

    Low

11 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

One Australian job matches, but only partly: not everyone in it does this job. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
70
AI does it for you
33

Helping wins by 37 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 1331

Compared with similar jobs

There are 30 jobs in the “Managers” group, averaging 63.8. This one is above that.