hey guess who forgot it was Monday yesterday!

The poll above itself is a sham. I’m more interested in the following:

Tell me all about your job. Don’t just tell me you’re a systems analyst because I don’t know what the shit that means. Explain what you do on your day to day at work in excruciating detail. Who do you report to? Who reports to you? Is everyday different or the same? What’s the work environment like? Are you on the road or in a cubicle or in an office or WHAT? What are you doing on that computer at work? HUH?? SPILL IT!

Skip this lame poll and come over to 350

I do like my job, my days fly by and the people are by in large pretty good to work with.

I like my job. I'm either bored off my ass or so swamped I don't have time to take a piss.

Ben @ 3/7/2018 9:22

I do like my job, my days fly by and the people are by in large pretty good to work with.

Ahoda @ 3/7/2018 9:36

I like my job. I'm either bored off my ass or so swamped I don't have time to take a piss.

Read the OP, I wanna know EVERYTHING

I love my job right now!

I'm a nanny for my kiddo Summer (3 years old) and occasionally help my friend out and nanny for two other kids named Sam & Leo. (Twin 2 year olds). I spend most of my days picking them up from their house and dropping them off at day camp and then just kind of dick around until later in the afternoon when I pick them up. Depending on the weather, we usually go to parks and/or pools. But if it is too hot or too cold, we go home and I play games or watch movies with them. It's great cause I can bring my laptop with me to use when they're napping and I get paid to annoy you all on the board. The schedule is a little sporadic but I get paid for the time between when I drop them off at camp and pick them up because I'm essentially on call, so I can't complain too much.

I also have been helping out at the Preschool and working the desk for them on Thursday/Fridays every once in a while because the families don't need me then. FUN TIMES.

Dyl @ 3/7/2018 9:13

Skip this lame poll and come over to 350

FU you stole this or that from me. FRAUD

I'm a Project Manager at a structural steel firm. I Estimate projects, sell them, and hire subcontractors when needed. I negotiate contracts and see the project through from award to completion.

Pre-bid-I go through all of the invitations we get, and do a run through of the drawings and specs to see which jobs are the best ones to bid. Schedule, type of work, history with cotractor, current bid and shop loads are all factored in. From there, I make a list and assign estimators to different projects.

Takeoffs- I go through all of the contract documents and drawings to find all of the materials and labor we need to provide. It's like Where's Waldo, but missing a couple of Waldo's might cost you a couple hundred grand.

Bids- I use software to nest the materials into stock lengths, and go out for pricing from suppliers. Our TO software also figures labor, but not very well. (That would require the time study I've been trying to talk my bosses into for a few years) I go through every line item and assign or adjust labor, detailing, finishing, shipping, fastener, and management costs. Once I have all of my costs, I put the numbers together, massage them and come up with a number for the project.

Proposals- Once I have my number, I will write a detailed scope of work. A scope lists every item I am providing, as well as what labor I am performing and what labor we expect others to perform. It will also list items we are specifically not supplying, as well as work we just don't do. (The last is only a thing because sometimes GC's will leave something out of a trade and try to stick it up our ass later with some excuse like "Steel suppliers always supply the sheetrock on our jobs" or something else equally stupid.)

Follow up- Once a job is bid, I follow up on it daily or weekly depending on the situation. This is done with a quick phone call and discussion where I try to find out what GC was awarded, If we are low or in the hunt, what exact numbers were turned in from the competition, and if the owner has financing in place.

Contract negotiations- This is pretty simple. It usually involves running through our scope and comparing it to the GC's expectations to make sure everyone is on the same page, sometimes adding or subtracting scope items and costs. Usually schedule is discussed and agreed upon at this time, too. Once it's settled, we get a contract in writing which I go over to make sure they haven't slipped any new or extra items in on us. (GC's and CM's try to do this more often than you mght think) Once I give it the OK, it becomes a job.

Project management-
Detailers-Once I am through the contract phase, I make sure we have all of the latest drawings and specs and find someone to turn that mess into a model, and then into shop drawings. Sometimes we do this in house, but other times, I hire a subcontractor for this. (Hiring a sub involves writing a PO that defines amounts, timelines, and payment terms) Once the detailer is selected, I'll go over the scope with them and make sure they understand what items are required in their drawings. We also discuss timelines at that point. From there, it's a matter of checking in with the detailers every few days and fielding their questions, which I either answer or write a "Request For Information". An RFI is a technical question that the design team needs to answer. A typical job has between 15 and 50 of these. Once we get all of our answers, they finish their drawings and send them to me. I look evrything over to make sure there aren't any glaring errors or omissions, and approve them for submittal. They are then sent to the GC and design team for approval. Those people go over everything, noting any omissions, changes, etc... and send them back to us. I go over their markings, and pass them on to the detailers where they make changes and get everything ready to go to shop.

Buyouts- At the same time that I assign detailers, I am also writing PO's for buyout items. Some of these are really big ticket items, from 10 grand to a few million dollars, that come with their own drawings which follow the same process as above.

Build it-Once the drawings are ready for shop, I make sure they go to purchasing, programming, and the shop. Once it's in the shop, I track production progress and make sure we stay on schedule.

Delivery and post delivery management- Once the job is done, I schedue deliveries ,and erection crews if we are carrying the erector as a subcontractor. Once steel is delivered, my role is mainly in support. I answer drawing questions, and solve problems daily. Problems usually involve things like steel that was damaged in the field, steel that they can't find, items that do not fit. (sometimes built wrong, other times, other trades were built wrong and they need a solution so they can go forward instead of backing up and reworking the other trade, etc...) This phase often goes like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yYN5N8wkM

Change orders- It is common for the design team to make changes during a job. This involves repricing, redrawing, and reworking items. Sometimes these are small, other times they are huge. This process is basically like going through all of the steps above all over again. It's common to have 1-10 of these per job ranging from 1% to 40% of the original contract. Sometimes they are additive, other times deductive.

Structure- We are small and very lean. I report to the owner of the company, and have a couple of guys who report to me.

That’s what I’m talking about

And yes I like my job

I feel like I just learned so much.

The youtube video is more informative than that wall of text.

Curtis @ 3/7/2018 8:43

Ben @ 3/7/2018 9:22 I do like my job, my days fly by and the people are by in large pretty good to work with. Ahoda @ 3/7/2018 9:36 I like my job. I'm either bored off my ass or so swamped I don't have time to take a piss. Read the OP, I wanna know EVERYTHING

I'm a Project Manager / Estimator for a Construction Company.

A little about the company
We generally specialize in large concrete projects, ranging anywhere from $200,000 to $10 million. We also, provide General Contracting services as well on any project that has a good sized concrete package, sometime they can grow to as large as $20+ million.

I work in an office with an office with 20 people (16 men and 4 women), our crews ranges anywhere from 40-350 depending on the work load and time of year. We employ carpenters, laborors, finishers and operators.

My Job
As a project manager, I'm generally managing around 8-10 jobs, dealing with issues like schedule, work scope, change requests, materials, labor and dealing with owners, CM's or GC's. Trying to keep our guys in the field as effiecient as possible so they can be as productive as possible.

Estimating is exactly what you think it is, which I enjoy more than managing to be honest, but I do enjoy bidding a job and then managing it through completion to see how well my bid and projections turned out.

Work hours are really pretty flexible, if I need to work from home I can, if I need to leave early I can, as long as my shit is running smoothly I don't get any grief over the hours I work.

The People
The people I work with are by and in large just like me. They have grown up around construction, enjoy the outdoors, like working with their hands on a wide variety of projects, have families and enjoy a good "Safety Meeting" ;)
once in a while. We hang out once in a while on a personal level going fishing or golfing, but enjoy all of us going out to lunch about 2 times month. I know I could all anyone in my office and they'd have my back if I needed help.

That better Curtis?

Also, see Primate, description above.

Just substitute Concrete for Steel and the roles are very similar, but he definitely estimates more then I do.

OH! And Sebastian from Survivor is cousins with my kid's mom.