ODO "Engineering Bureau No. 7" was registered on July 05, 2020 in the register of certificates of conformity of RUE "Belstroytsentr" under No. 0002354-IN with the issuance of the corresponding certificate of conformity of the third category. This gives us the right to perform customer functions, provide engineering services for integrated management of construction activities and technical supervision when carrying out activities in the field of construction of objects of 1-4 classes of complexity according to STB 2331-2015 “Construction facilities. Classification. Basic provisions". On the territory of the Republic of Belarus, our organization provides the following types of services: more details
Standard requirements for a candidate for the position of project manager
The requirements for applicants for the position of project manager can be divided into several groups, which relate to:
- education;
- work experience;
- professional skills;
- personal qualities.
The education required to work as a project manager directly depends on the direction in which the organization operates, so it is impossible to single out any one general specialty in this case. We can only say that it must be a higher education, preferably in the profile of the enterprise or the direction in which the work is to be done.
The work experience required of a potential project manager generally depends on the complexity and severity of the assignment. Typically, 1 to 3 years of work as a project manager or in the required specialty are required.
The list of professional skills that a project manager must possess is related to the employee’s specialty and education, although it may also include general skills, for example:
- ability to compile and execute the necessary documentation;
- knowledge of foreign language;
- having a car license;
- understanding of project management principles;
- ability to work with computer and office equipment.
Personal qualities are not always listed among the requirements for a candidate for a position, but for the position of project manager this is an important criterion for selecting candidates. Among the personal qualities required by a project manager are the following:
- ability to organize a team and lead a group of people;
- communication skills;
- willingness to travel.
How to compose correctly
There is no single professional standard for the position of project manager. Each instruction must take into account the specifics of the project that needs to be implemented. However, the project manager job description agreement has a single, general format and can be used as a template. First you need to decide on the qualification requirements. They usually look like this:
- higher education;
- knowledge of MS Central or MS Project;
- three years of work experience;
- availability of knowledge necessary for this profession (management, information processing, project approach methodologies);
- PC skills.
Next, a four-point form is drawn up.
1. General Provisions.
Any job description form for a project manager is filled out starting from this point:
- belonging to a division or structure;
- subordination (who gives orders);
- presence of subordinate employees or departments;
- who he replaces;
- list of deputies.
It is also necessary to indicate what the project manager is guided by in his work (charter, legislation of the Russian Federation, other documents) and what he should know as a professional (methodological materials, document flow, principles of rational work and process organization).
2. Responsibilities of the employee.
When filling out the job description document for the head of the department, you need to pay special attention to this section. It is important to note the following points:
- setting goals and organizing work;
- determination of the list of works;
- preparing a business plan or participating in its preparation;
- budget calculation;
- development of an execution plan;
- collecting information and working with it;
- activity planning;
- organization of work process, coordination;
- performance quality control.
The project manager must provide instructions, obtain the necessary licenses and documents to implement the task and achieve the goal.
3. Rights.
Any document drawn up in the project manager’s job description must have a clause stating the presence of special rights that allow the work to be carried out effectively:
- make proposals, gain access to projects;
- interact with senior management, make requests for necessary information;
- demand assistance in work from the management of the organization;
- attend work team events and meetings.
The list can be supplemented depending on the goals and objectives.
4. Responsibility.
The final point, without which the job description of the project manager cannot be approved. It regulates the moments for which an employee will be punished in one form or another:
- failure to fulfill duties, performance in an improper manner;
- committing offenses;
- disclosure of confidential information;
- causing material damage to the company.
This is an example of a standard instruction. Adjustment is quite possible due to the specifics of the organization and its type of activity.
Project Manager Responsibilities
A project manager is an employee who is responsible for all stages of the implementation of a complex task. From selecting the appropriate group of workers to completing the work and its subsequent debugging or maintenance.
For example, a customer ordered software for a medical center. A project manager is assigned to this order. This specialist:
- collects all customer requirements;
- thinks through the stages of development;
- selects employees to complete the task;
- controls the implementation of each stage;
- delivers the finished project to the customer;
- is responsible for transferring the order to the client and timely elimination of comments during the operation of the software;
- Manages product warranty service.
The project manager independently conducts all work on the assigned task.
At the same time, his actions must be controlled in some way. Indeed, in some areas of activity, this manager does not even need to be constantly at his workplace in the office.
In addition to establishing control or reporting deadlines, a job description needs to be developed for the project manager. This document regulates all requirements for the experience and qualifications of the project manager, describes his duties and rights, as well as the expected level of responsibility for untimely or poor-quality execution of the assigned task.
Rights
The sample job description for a project manager contains the rights that an employee holding this position has, namely:
- Familiarization with the decisions of the organization’s senior management that relate to its competence and work;
- Submitting for consideration any proposals that will help improve his working conditions or the implementation of the project as a whole;
- If he notices shortcomings or errors in work during the performance of his direct duties, he has the right to notify management about them and propose methods for correcting the current situation;
- Request any documents that he needs for his work and its quality performance, both independently and with the help of his immediate superior;
- He can involve company employees who serve in other departments to perform tasks related to his work activity, if this is required for the high-quality and timely completion of the project;
- If necessary, request assistance from management in performing his job duties.
Responsibility
The job description of the head of the project department assumes that he is held responsible for improper performance or complete failure to fulfill his direct duties. All of them are indicated in the job description and comply with the current legislation of the country.
He is responsible for any violations of labor, administrative and criminal laws that he commits in the process of performing his work. And also for material damage caused to the company. The project manager is also responsible for the performance of his subordinates, the waste of the budget allocated for the project and for maintaining the deadlines and quality of the prepared project.
