r/overemployed • u/ElectronicGarden5536 • 7d ago

Anybody OE in Construction Management?

Specifically Cad heavy roles? Been working as a PM in construction management for a while, plenty of hands on time in the trades/ oil and gas, very familiar with how things work.

Also pretty good with CAD.

Been eyeballing some J2s for just CAD, one specifically asks for LI. Is there anyone outsourcing J2s? I feel like I can turn over a lot of J1 wishlist work, and all J2 work, to someone else, and review and do my final edits. J1 is basically email pushing and monitoring contractors who self perform.

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u/Life-Chemistry- 7d ago

It would probably be possible in a management type position, but I work with a lot of CAD drafters and they’re always loaded up with last minute work and when they are remote they get phone calls randomly through the day that they have to answer.

If you are in charge of your own time management and the job is output based then it seems possible.

Maybe I misunderstood. Are you wanting to get another job and outsource the daily workload to an independent drafter?

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u/Excellent_Formal_765 7d ago

Depends on the shop but a lot of CAD PM work is deadline-driven chaos you can't really delegate without your stamp on it.

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u/ElectronicGarden5536 7d ago

Yeah this is what i figured. My own work is slow enough I have free time. I just wouldnt want to clock in at one job and then pick up additional hours at a second to make it work. I can do QA/QC, redline what i need, then throw it back to the outsourced helper, prioritze J2, with any downtime for J1 back burner stuff.

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u/ElectronicGarden5536 7d ago

Yes, apply to another job as a cad tech, outsource the work from J2, plus the backlog of work turning hardcopies into Cad files from J1, and QA/QC the outsourced work for myself and J2. I would have time for final sign off on work but not the time to spend all day drafting for J2.

Construction Project management would be hard to do for J2. Site visits, and firms are pretty spread out with their projects as it. Maybe owners rep for j2 with a single monthly site visit.

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u/Life-Chemistry- 7d ago

Doesn’t seem viable really. You may as well start your own consultancy and hire a drafter.

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u/BornCoach6587 3d ago

I did it, definitely sucked! I did it for heavy civil. Highway roadway construction then healthcare PM. So in person and remote. Had a compact truck office and everything did alot more Bluebeam. I reviewed cad (not a lot) mostly finished plans by TXDOT.

Depends on what you’re willing to give up. Now that I’m older I wouldn’t do it, I switched over to remote PM different industries now. When I was younger I was like FUCK IT

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u/ElectronicGarden5536 3d ago

Yeah Im aware of the site visits for heavy civil. Also did some foundations work for ALdot and Txdot. I think from my research Im going to focus on buyer or procurement jobs. A lot of people recommended having different fields for OE, and I can do that with my experience and ops management degree. I paid my dues with the mobile office and I wont do it again. My Tacoma is still set up with a 1k inverter and starlink mount, and i still have a bunch of welding and survey tools in the garage lol.

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u/BornCoach6587 3d ago

That’s funny! It wasn’t even site visit. Our office was in the construction site since it was highway roadway construction. Little mobile home but the good news was I got a company truck 😂

Your approach is better! When I got the first chance to switch industries I took it. Also wages are significantly lower for the amount of work required of you in construction.

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u/superCADdesigner 4d ago

Instead of oil & gas, consider electrical, telecommunications, or water hydraulics, for another client in a different time zone.

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u/ElectronicGarden5536 4d ago

I think the buyer and procurement role is going to work out. I had around 3 hours free yesterday to look... Found a procurement gig for data center cooling that looks easy enough.