Transportation and Utility Operations Managers Transportation and Utility Operations Managers Transportation and utility managers are in charge of communications, transportation, or utility services. Managers run one of the three different types of services. Communications is telephone, telegraph, radio, and television businesses.
Transportation means moving people or goods by air, road, water, or pipeline.
It also covers transportation facilities, such as airports, harbors, or terminals. Finally, utilities services are electricity, gas, water, steam, and sanitation. Regardless of where they work, each of these managers has similar duties. Most of these services must be available 24 hours a day. Thus managers make sure that people are hired to fill all work shifts.