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Location: Bradford, UK
Company: JKMK Engineering Ltd.
Experience: Executive
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
Ensuring that all the events and trades have done their respective jobs and that those trades yet to be mobilised have all the information that is necessary. Solve any problems that will disable the previous statement.
Job Requirements
This job is more of a personality find than an academic one. Qualifications are necessary to vouch for the intelligence of the candidate. Degrees in non related studies will not impress. Maths Physics and English will do much to vouch for the standard of intelligence.
Uppers
Working under ones own supervision. Travel. The highs of problem solving.
Downers
Working with people who will obstruct the flow of a project, usually to make an impression of their own importance. dealing with incompetance.
Lifestyle
Hours 8.00 start if travel is involved this will usually be out of hours. Such as a site meeting or job start on site.Dress to impress! Your new contacts need to know who is in charge of their project. Social events, not much here; but occasionally at the end of a job there are pats on the back to share. Normally the social events are to treat the clients to a good time to oblige fair and prompt payment of the project. This is a great job and is very rewarding.
Compensation
??25,000/year. Expense account. Company car, private fuel, cell phone.
Advice to Jobseekers
Be bold, management is for those who are better than the rest! If you don't believe this, respect will be harder to find from those you work with. Usually the workers need to be told what to do, and they need someone to solve their problems. This is the job of a manager. Respect is earned.

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