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Typical Land Dev. / Public Works Civil Team Structure

Typical Land Dev. / Public Works Civil Team Structure

Typical Land Dev. / Public Works Civil Team Structure

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I recently got promoted to Project Manager and am struggling with the new position.  I think part of the problem is that I am in charge of too many people and have too many projects to manage.  In order to keep everyone busy, I need a lot of projects.  However, having a lot of projects dilutes the time I can spend on each one. My team structure is as follows:

1 President
1 PM (Me)
2 Project Engineers
3 Design Engineers
1 CADD Tech

What do you think of this team strucure?  I have heard of companies where the the PM is only in charge of 3 people.  This seems a little better ratio that would allow me to spend more time on each project, especially just starting out.

RE: Typical Land Dev. / Public Works Civil Team Structure

I really think it depends on the experience of your project engineers, and the size and complexity of your projects.

How many projects does each engineer have?  Are they $20MM, or $20k?

Are you project managing design, construction, or both?  Hard to give you input with so many variables.

RE: Typical Land Dev. / Public Works Civil Team Structure

Like greemone said it really depends on the size and complexity of the projects. In our team (managing several construction projects of a plant improvement), we have one engr for each discipline 1 elect engr, 1 civil engr (me), 1 mech engr and a project manager. We also have 1 sec/doc controller amd 2 CADD operators for site drawings. We have 10 projects, 5 contractors, project costs ranges from $0.2M to $4.0M. So far, we are managing these projects without much pressure. The real problem is when you have a contractor who cannot meet deadlines and deliver a quality job they have committed.

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