Entry-Level Positions For Aspiring Construction Project Managers
Claire, a Construction Project Manager at HELIX Environmental Planning Inc., highlighted diverse entry-level opportunities including "assistant project manager roles," biology and archeology positions, and "environmental planner one" roles focusing on impact reports and CQA review; additional entry-level support roles in technical editing, word processing, and even marketing are also available. These roles reflect a range of career paths within the environmental planning field, mirroring Claire's own progression from an entry-level position.
Entry-Level Jobs, Environmental Planning, Project Management, Biology, Career Paths
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Claire Watkins
Construction Project Manager
HELIX Environmental Planning Inc
Oregon State University
Environmental & Related Sciences
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Operations and Project Management
Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Many entry-level roles exist in environmental planning, such as assistant project manager, biologist, archeologist, and environmental planner.
2. The roles offer opportunities to develop skills in project management, biology, monitoring, and environmental impact assessment.
3. Other entry-level positions exist in support roles, such as technical editing, word processing, and marketing, offering diverse career paths within the field.
Transcript
What entry-level positions in this field might an undergraduate college student consider?
When I started, there were many assistant project manager roles available. That's a great entry-level position, and it's where I began right after finishing my undergraduate degree.
There are also other entry-level roles in the biology field. You can be a biologist one, which is an entry-level role focused on building your biology and monitoring skills. I know there's a similar entry-level archaeologist role for our cultural resources group.
Additionally, there's an environmental planner role in our planning group. You can be an environmental planner one, two, or three. The planner one role is a good entry-level position for those interested in planning, CQA review, and doing environmental impact reports.
We also have some entry-level landscape architects. I believe their title is landscape designer one. Both of our landscape designer ones just graduated from Davis last year, so they're both in entry-level roles.
There are also roles on the operations support side, like technical editing and word processing. These positions also have pre-entry-level roles available where you can generally support overall operations or marketing. These are the entry-level roles we have at UX.
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