Profession installation engineer

Installation engineers oversee and manage the installing of structures, which take often many years to design and construct. They ensure safety, avoid risks and they aim to the optimalisation of costs. Installation engineers also create constructive designs of systems and perform installation system testing. They determine the material needed for the construction of these systems and the costs, and use CAD software to design these systems.

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Personality Type

Investigative / Conventional

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Knowledge

Quality standards
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Construction product regulation
Regulations on construction products quality standards applied throughout the European Union.
Project management principles
Different elements and phases of project management.
Construction methods
The various techniques and methods for erecting buildings and other constructions.
Cost management
The process of planning, monitoring and adjusting the expenses and revenues of a business in order to achieve cost efficiency and capability.
Engineering principles
The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects.
Construction industry
The products, brands and suppliers active in the construction field.
Engineering processes
The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems.
Project management
Understand project management and the activities which comprise this area. Know the variables implied in project management such as time, resources, requirements, deadlines, and responding to unexpected events.

Skills

Perform scientific research
Gain, correct or improve knowledge about phenomena by using scientific methods and techniques, based on empirical or measurable observations.
Perform project management
Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project's progress in order to achieve a specific goal within a set time and budget.
Ensure compliance with construction project deadline
Plan, schedule and monitor the building processes in order to ensure completion of the project by the set deadline.
Troubleshoot
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
Perform risk analysis
Identify and assess factors that may jeopardise the success of a project or threaten the organisation's functioning. Implement procedures to avoid or minimise their impact.
Oversee construction project
Make sure that the construction project is carried out in compliance with the building permit, the execution plans, the performance and design specifications, and the relevant regulations.
Work in a construction team
Work as part of a team in a construction project. Communicate efficiently, sharing information with team members and reporting to supervisors. Follow instructions and adapt to changes in a flexible manner.
Record test data
Record data which has been identified specifically during preceding tests in order to verify that outputs of the test produce specific results or to review the reaction of the subject under exceptional or unusual input.
Follow health and safety procedures in construction
Apply the relevant health and safety procedures in construction in order to prevent accidents, pollution and other risks.

Optional knowledge and skills

use a computer manage budgets report test findings conduct performance tests components of air conditioning systems use cad software react to events in time-critical environments domestic heating systems design process industrial heating systems cad software ventilation systems continuous improvement philosophies technical drawings supervise staff use technical drawing software manage health and safety standards use safety equipment in construction heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts communication provide improvement strategies assess project resource needs

Source: Sisyphus ODB