Index
Intro
Senior managers in construction, transportation, production and utilities plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through middle managers, the overall operations of goods production, utility, transportation and construction companies. They formulate policies which establish the direction to be taken by these companies, either alone or in conjunction with other members of a board of directors. They work in establishments throughout the following industries: fishing, forestry, logging and agriculture; mining, oil and gas extraction; construction; transportation and warehousing; printing; manufacturing; and utilities or they may own and operate their own business.
There is mobility among senior management occupations.
Main Duties
- Establish objectives for the company and formulate or approve policies and programs
- Authorize and organize the establishment of major departments and associated senior staff positions
- Allocate material, human and financial resources to implement company policies and programs; establish financial and administrative controls; formulate and approve promotional campaigns; and approve overall personnel planning
- Select middle managers, directors or other executive staff
- Co-ordinate the work of regions, divisions or departments
- Represent the company, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the company, in negotiations or other official functions.
Senior managers in this unit group may specialize in areas such as finance, marketing or human resources or in a particular product area.
Employment Requirements
- A university degree or college diploma in engineering, business administration, commerce or other discipline related to the company’s product is usually required.
- Several years of experience as a middle manager in goods production, utilities, transportation or construction are usually required.
- Specialization in a particular functional area or product is possible through specific university or college training in that area or through previous experience.
- Senior managers in finance usually require a professional accounting designation.
All Titles
- Assistant executive director – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Building construction general manager
- Chief diversity officer – goods production, utilities, transport and construction
- Chief executive officer (CEO) – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Chief executive officer (CEO) – manufacturing company
- Chief financial officer (CFO) – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Chief financial officer (CFO) – urban transit system
- Chief learning officer – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Chief operating officer – airline
- Chief operating officer – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Chief privacy officer – construction, transportation, production and utilities
- Chief sustainability officer – goods production, transportation and utilities
- Compensation vice-president – goods production, utilities, transport and construction
- Construction general manager
- Corporate controller – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Corporate social responsibility vice-president – goods production, utilities, transport and construction
- Deputy chief executive officer – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Electric power company president
- Energy operations vice-president
- Engineering vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Executive director – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Executive vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Executive vice-president – railway
- Feed and flour mills general manager
- Finance and administration vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Finance vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Finance vice-president – mining company
- Gas distribution general manager
- General manager – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Highway construction general manager
- Human resources and organizational development vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Human resources vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Hydro-electric power station president
- Information systems vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Logging company corporate controller
- Logistics vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Manufacturing company chief executive officer
- Marketing vice-president – airline
- Marketing vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Operations vice-president – electric power company
- Operations vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Personnel vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Petroleum production company regional vice-president
- Planning vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Plant operations vice-president
- President – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Production general manager – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Project executive – construction
- Publisher
- Publishing house general manager
- Regional vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Residential construction company president
- Sales vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Sales vice-president – pulp and paper manufacturing
- Support services vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
- Sustainability vice-president – goods production, utilities, transport and construction
- Transit system general manager
- Transport and communications general manager
- Trucking company general manager
- Vice-president – goods production, utilities, transportation and construction
Exclusions
- Managers in construction and facility operation and maintenance (7001)
- Managers in manufacturing and utilities (9001)
- Managers in natural resources production and fishing (80010)