Construction Innovation Manager

Profession will appear after 2025-2030
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Construction

He is well versed in technological innovations available on the market and ready for implementation in the construction industry. A manager may specialize in a specific area, such as “innovation in building materials” such as nanocement, self-healing concrete, environmentally friendly materials, or “recycling of building materials” such as molecular crushing of used building materials. Taking into account the goals of the customer and his clients, the innovation manager examines the possibility and recommends specific new technologies and materials that can be used in the implementation of the construction project.

The novelty of the profession: the expert opinion of the innovation manager is taken into account throughout the entire life cycle of a construction object (design, construction, operation, demolition / dismantling).

Key competencies:

  • Higher education in one of the areas "architecture", "design", "civil engineering", "advanced materials science".
  • Understands the economics of the enterprise. Fluent in English.

Over-professional skills

The ability of a specialist to combine (summarize) particular facts into a big picture, build hierarchical levels for understanding various situations (economic, political, business) and making long-term decisions. An important quality is the understanding of how a change in one element will subsequently affect other elements.

The importance of systemic thinking is increasing due to the acceleration of changes in life, the need to learn new professions, as well as the growing interpenetration of various areas in each other (social networks, economics, politics, production, etc.).

Specialists with systemic thinking skills will be able to solve such problems, make strong long-term decisions in the context of rapid changes in the economy, diagnose large technical and social systems, make decisions on eliminating the root causes that hinder development, and this skill will allow for the integration of various project teams into a single working organism.

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Systemic thinking

Intersectoral communication consists in understanding technologies, processes and the market situation in various related and non-adjacent industries, cross-functional and cross-disciplinary interaction. More and more advanced products are created at the junction of different industries and specialists need the ability to understand several areas of knowledge at the same time. This competency allows you to learn faster, take the best from different fields, and through this mutual enrichment, ensure development within your field. Those with such competence can create unexpected, unique, breakthrough solutions.

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Intersectoral communication

Project and process management includes the ability to focus on the project goals, the ability to competently plan and organize team actions for the effective implementation of tasks, the ability to assess existing risks and opportunities for all parties to the interaction. A specialist who has this skill knows how to properly organize the work on the project within the specified funding framework, and is able to correctly distribute the work in order to meet the deadlines set by the project. such a specialist is constantly learning something new, is not afraid to make mistakes, is able to generate new effective ways to solve problems and tasks. the demand for specialists with knowledge and tools in the field of project management will increase, as project activities are considered by companies as the most important factor in their effective development
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Project and process management

Lean manufacturing is an enterprise management concept based on the constant search, reduction or elimination of losses. Losses are understood to mean those actions, processes or operations that consume resources (human, temporary, material, etc.), but do not add value to the end or intermediate consumer.

Lean manufacturing changes the approach to managing the enterprise’s efficiency from extensive (working more and faster) to intensive (working more efficiently, that is, doing only what is necessary and not doing what can be done without).

Professionals with lean competencies will be able to increase the efficiency of departments or enterprises as a whole without attracting large investments. The relevance of lean management methods is growing because traditional management methods have already reached their peak, further business development will increasingly focus on intensive development and lean improvement methods.

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Lean

Environmental thinking is focused on achieving harmony between business and the environment. A business cycle is already developing from creation to disposal of a product, and not just its sale and consumption. Environmental thinking puts health and sustainable development at the top of the list.

The importance of environmental thinking is increasing due to the fact that industrial development has reached the limit and all further models of sustainable growth of society, the economy and business should be built on the basis of mutual interests with nature, the ecosystem, its maintenance and development.

Specialists with environmental thinking skills will be able to solve such problems as: respect for resources, achieving zero emission of harmful substances into the environment, waste management and use of secondary resources

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Environmental thinking

They understand customer focus as the ability to work with customer requests, the ability of the company and employees to timely determine the desires of customers in order to satisfy them with their products or services with maximum benefit. This competency has become critical to the success of companies, competition for consumers is growing all the time, and all employers want to see customer-oriented employees. In the second half of the 20th century, the concept of an internal client appeared, i.e. an intermediate consumer located further along the production chain within the same company. Possession of this competency allows you to accurately understand the client’s request and offer the most suitable solution for him, as well as to build the production and service process more rationally, eliminating the stages that are not important for the client.

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Customer focus

Educational institutions

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Eurasian National University. L.N. Gumilyov

https://www.enu.kz/ru/o-enu/istoriya-universiteta/

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Companies in which this profession may be in demand

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LLP "Construction company" Basis "

https://bazis.kz/

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JSC "NGSK" KazStroyService "

https://kazstroyservice.com

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PSN Kazstroy JSC

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Senimdi Kurylys LLP

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JSC "Montazhspetsstroy"

https://mcc.kz/

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JSC "Almatyinzhstroy"

http://almaty-es.kz/

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Highvill Kazakhstan LLP

https://highvill.kz/

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LLP "Concern" Naiza-kurylys "

https://naiza.kz/ru/o-kompanii

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LLP "Promstroy-Energo"

https://psenergo.kz/

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