Some choose design, planning, or financial management positions working in an office environment, while others prefer to direct field operations or some combination of both. Most positions do however, involve either the planning, design, and management of the construction process for a general, specialty, or mechanical contractor, or the coordination, inspection, and management of design, contracts, or facilities for a business, industry, or government owner. Coursework combines engineering and management fundamentals.
Salaries range greatly from one occupation, position, and work setting to another.