00015 – Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities
00015 – Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities
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.
Profile
Index of 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
Main duties
This group performs 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
Coordinate 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.
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
Senior managers in this unit group may specialize in areas such as finance, marketing or human resources or in a particular product area.
There is mobility among senior management occupations.
Exclusions
Managers in construction and facility operation and maintenance (7001)
Managers in manufacturing and utilities (9001)
Managers in natural resources production and fishing (80010)
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