0016 Senior managers – construction, transportation,

production and utilities

Category: Management occupations

Major Group 00 : Legislators and senior management

 

 

Senior managers in this unit group 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.

Example Titles

chief executive officer (CEO) – manufacturing company
chief financial officer (CFO) – urban transit system
corporate controller, logging company
executive vice-president – railway
general manager, trucking company
president, residential construction company
publishing house general manager
regional vice-president, petroleum production company
vice-president, finance – mining company
vice-president, marketing – airline
vice-president, operations – electric power company
vice-president, sales – pulp and paper manufacturing

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Main duties

Senior managers in this unit group perform some or all of the following 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.

Additional information

• There is mobility among senior management occupations.

Classified elsewhere

• Related middle managers are classified in the following unit and minor groups: (in071 Managers in construction and facility operation and maintenance )
• Managers in construction and facility operation and maintenance (071)
• Managers in manufacturing and utilities (091)
• Managers in natural resources production and fishing (0811)

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