For engineering construction projects, the project manager is undoubtedly the most core position in the entire project management activities. This can be reflected from the status of the project manager in the project management activities: the project manager is the authorized agent of the legal representative of the enterprise on the construction project and the manager who is fully responsible for the implementation phase of the construction project management.
The project manager occupies a decisive position in the entire construction activity, so how to encourage the project manager to manage the project well and how to ensure that the project manager's ability is sufficient to meet the needs of project management has become the most concerned thing for the leaders of various construction companies. The implementation of the project manager responsibility system is the key magic weapon to solve the above problems. However, it is not easy to make good use of this magic weapon. The author believes that it is possible to proceed from the following three aspects: clarify the responsibilities and rights of the project manager, construct the project manager selection and recruitment system, and do a good job of the project manager's target management.
Previously, the author has elaborated on the content of "clarifying the responsibility and responsibility of the project manager" (for details, please refer to the article "One of the core points of the project manager's responsibility system | clarifying the responsibility and rights of the project manager"), today I will introduce the second aspect Content: Build a project manager selection and recruitment system.
If it is clear that the responsibility and rights of the project manager is the core of the implementation of the project manager responsibility system, then the construction of the project manager's recruitment system is the basis for the implementation of the project manager responsibility system. Only by selecting a suitable project manager and making a good comparison of the project manager's ability can the project manager's responsibility system be truly served to the project and be conducive to the realization of the project's goals.
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Selection of project managers
1. Classification
An enterprise has tens of people at least, and hundreds of project managers at most. There must be some differences in the level of competence among project managers. It is necessary to classify the project managers owned by the enterprise.
The division of project manager ranks is not only beneficial to the selection of enterprises, but also to the selection of project managers of different levels for projects of different levels; it is also conducive to shaping the echelon of project manager talents and building a development channel for project manager talents.
The classification of the project manager level should be based on the business form of the enterprise, the size of the number of project managers, the level of ability, and match the project-level management needs. It is generally recommended to divide 3-4 grades. Large-scale group companies and project managers can be expanded to 6 grades and above with huge scale.
2. Qualifications
Project managers of different grades should match different qualifications for job qualifications. Specific job qualifications can be constructed from the following dimensions combined with the company's own talent selection needs:
(1) Quality
The personal quality of the project manager should be regarded as the basic condition for the selection of the project manager, and it can be subdivided into political quality, moral quality, and physical quality.
(2) Knowledge
The knowledge dimension includes general knowledge and professional knowledge. Among them, general knowledge refers to the shared knowledge that the company requires that the corresponding personnel should master, mainly investigating personal business capabilities and understanding of the company ’s management systems and processes; professional knowledge refers to the specific knowledge category that should be mastered as a general contracting project manager, mainly investigating project management Related theories, methods and tools.
(3) Education
The education dimension includes two parts: academic qualifications and majors. Among them, the academic qualification is the highest academic qualification recognized by the country, which can be divided into junior college and below, undergraduate, master, and doctor. Majors can be divided according to the needs of the company's own business type.
(4) Professional qualification
The vocational qualification dimension includes two parts: title and qualification certificate. Among them, professional titles refer to professional titles of engineering and technical personnel recognized by the state, and qualification certificates refer to nationally recognized qualification certificates for engineering construction. At the same time, the construction project manager should also obtain a safety assessment certificate in accordance with the relevant national regulations. From the perspective of national policy guidance, the job title requirements of project titles as project managers are gradually weakening, and obtaining the corresponding engineering construction qualifications has gradually become one of the hard conditions for project manager job qualifications. This can be seen from the relevant content of Article 20 of the newly released Jianshirui [2019] No. 12-"Measures for the Management of General Contracting of Housing Construction and Municipal Infrastructure Projects".
(5) Experience
The experience dimension includes two parts: industry experience and project experience. Among them, industry experience is the number of years required for employees to work in related industries since they joined the work, and project experience is the employee's experience and performance requirements for participating in project work.
(6) Ability
The capability dimension mainly examines the core management capabilities that employees need to be a project manager, including plan control capabilities, communication and coordination capabilities, leadership and influence, analysis and decision-making capabilities.
3. Rating
According to the qualification requirements of different levels of project managers, the enterprise should regularly carry out the project manager's rating work. It can be carried out through the combination of qualification examination and comprehensive assessment. Qualification review mainly checks some basic hard conditions in the project manager's job requirements, such as education background, job qualification, etc. The comprehensive assessment mainly examines the knowledge and ability level of the project manager. It is worth noting that the rating is only a recognition of the comprehensive quality level of the project manager, which means that the qualification of the project manager of the corresponding level is obtained. The passing of the rating does not mean the appointment of the project manager.
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Appointment of project manager
1. Selection
The selection of project managers can generally be divided into two ways: organizational selection and open competition.
The so-called organizational selection refers to the internal management of the company is directly appointed by the relevant management department or leader to determine the project manager selection according to certain objective procedures and standards. This method is simple and easy to use, and it is a common way for enterprises to hire project managers.
For some key projects in the enterprise, in the aim of discovering talents and selecting project managers with more suitable project management characteristics, the enterprise may adopt open competition to select project managers. That is, the relevant department formulates the project requirements to publicly solicit the selection of project managers within the enterprise, evaluate the candidates according to the relevant procedures, and select the best candidates to become project managers.
In addition, it should be noted that the selection of the project manager should match the needs of the project management level, that is, large and complex projects should improve the selection criteria to match the high-level project managers. And according to relevant regulations, the project manager shall not be the project leader in two or more engineering projects at the same time.
2. Appointment
The project manager, as the authorized principal of the enterprise legal person on the project, should obtain the approval of the enterprise leader, and the relevant department of the enterprise (usually the human resources department) will issue formal appointment documents and notices.
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Project Manager ’s Mobility
First, the company should clarify the conditions for the transfer of the project manager, which can be divided into force majeure (for example, the physical reason of the project manager, the owner's reason, etc.) replacement and unfavorable impact (for example, the project manager violates laws and regulations, causing major losses to the project, etc.) replacement.
Secondly, the company should clarify the transfer procedure of the project manager, which can be divided into internal procedures (confirmation of transfer conditions-order transfer-project manager handover-completion of transfer) and external procedures (with the consent of the construction unit, report to the project quality supervision department, etc.).
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Dismissal of project manager
Enterprises should set clear prerequisites for the dismissal of project managers. Generally speaking, the dismissal of project managers can be carried out together with the dissolution of the project department. The specific aspects can be started from the following aspects:
1. The engineering tasks specified in the contract have been completed and the completion procedures of the project have been completed;
2. The responsibilities and obligations stipulated in the "Project Management Objective Responsibility Letter" have been fully fulfilled;
3. The company's management has determined that its obligee's rights, debts and tracking services have all been settled and completed;
4. There is no economic, legal and other responsibility relationship with external parties;
5. The assets and personnel of the project manager department have been disposed and settled as required;
6. Complete the work required by the government supervision department;
7. Other circumstances when the enterprise deems it necessary.
After the enterprise verifies that the project understands the conditions of engagement, it should follow the internal management process to complete the procedures for understanding the engagement, and do a good job in dissolving the project department. It is worth noting that the project can not be exempted from the responsibilities that it should bear in accordance with the relevant national laws after being hired.
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