Construction Management Careers
The Construction Management major prepares construction professionals capable of managing projects from inception to completion from alongside design professionals.
Employment Opportunities
Graduates of the construction management program are actively recruited for leadership roles with general and specialty contractors and construction managers for commercial, industrial, residential, and heavy/civil construction.
Job Titles
Here are some typical initial placement positions:
- Project manager or assistant
- Project superintendent or assistant
- Construction manager
- Field, project, preconstruction, scheduling, or BIM engineer
- Field Coordinator
- Foreman
- Estimator
- Quality assurance supervisor
- Safety officer
- Building code administrator
- Sales representative
- Self-employed contractor
- Service manager
- Sales
- Business development associate
Employers Who Hire Our Graduates
- AIS Advantage Industrial Systems
- Aldridge Electric
- Anning-Hounson Company
- ATMI Precast Building Precast Solutions
- A&R Mechanical Contractors
- Bear Construction
- Bodine Electric Company
- Blattner Energy
- Brady Construction
- Broeren-Russo
- Builtech Construction
- Bulley & Andrews
- Bushman Construction Management
- Catalyst Construction
- Centex Homes
- Clune Construction
- DooleyMack Construction
- DND Electric
- D.R. Horton Construction
- Executive Construction
- Farnsworth Group Engineering
- FCL Builders
- Felmley-Dickerson
- F.H. Paschen
- George Butler Engineering
- Glass Solutions
- Hines
- Holder Construction
- HTH companies
- Illinois Masonry Corp.
- International Contractors
- Johnston Contractors
- J.A. Watts
- J.F. Edwards Construction
- Keeley Construction
- Kerrigan Plumbing
- K-Five Construction
- KHovnanian Homes
- Korte
- Mario Sinacola & Sons
- McCauley Mechanical Construction
- McShane Construction
- M/I Homes
- Morgan Harbour Construction
- Morton Buildings
- Otto Baum Company
- Performance Contracting Group
- P.J. Hoerr
- PMI Premier Mechanical
- Power Construction
- Polte Homes
- R.C. Wegman Construction
- R.D. Lawrence
- REB Storage Systems International
- River City Construction
- Scott Lewis Homes
- Shales McNutt Construction
- Stark Excavating
- Sullivan Roofing
- Tecta America
- The Hill Group
- Toll Brothers
- Town & Country Homes
- Turner Construction
- Vector Construction
- Walsh Construction
- Weis Builders
- Western Construction Group
- Whiting-Turner
- Wight & Company
- William Charles
Salary Statistics
$55,000
Average starting salary for the previous year
Salary data is compiled from alumni surveys and graduate exit surveys. The salary range reported is dependent upon location and does not reflect the entire compensation package offered.
Career Fair
The Construction Management Fair, held every semester, connects recruiters with students seeking full-time or internship positions in construction management, safety, and renewable energy.