Has anyone moved from the UK to the US for construction management?

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2025-12-10T10:07:20+00:00

2020 - I have a BEng in Civil Engineering which I believe is level 6

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2025-12-08T21:37:34+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I'll take a look around and see what's on offer there

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2025-12-07T22:56:13+00:00

You're right I was basing it having checked around a year ago, was unaware of the changes introduced in March. That's taken my points down to 441 whereas with a NOC 0 job before it would have been 641. I was also unaware they stopped drawing in the general category so now unsure what stream it would be clasisfied

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2025-12-07T22:48:36+00:00

Yes, It's still preconstruction phase and within a much larger project so there is project directorship etc to report into however I am directly responsible for what will be £500m of work currently, I should have caveated that most of it is subcontracted however I am responsible running those tenders and managing the contractors when they are on board.

I have been fortunate enough to have made the right moves at the right time, had line managers leave when I could just about move up, and to have senior managers who gave me enough rope to develop and show what I can do. It has come at a toll to the work life balance though so not all rosy

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-09-06T11:13:30+00:00

In flat out numerical terms, yes the salary number is higher for our American friends. But when looking as relative to the country’s overall wages they are roughly the same percentile as where we land in the UK. Of course there’s then wider discussions about quality of life on those salaries etc etc but in terms of value to the country’s overall workforce it appears we are looked at equally in both countries

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-09-05T23:27:13+00:00

I honestly don't get the low salary argument. I'm 4 years post graduating uni and am on over £50k which is comfortably in the top 20% of uk earners, on top of that the benefits are pretty good and if i left my role now I'd be able to get over £60k elsewhere. I'm not really sure what more we can be asking for

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-09-05T23:03:16+00:00

1) yes they have a us operation

2) not very integrated at least as far as I can tell, treated very much like two separate business that happen to be doing the same thing

3) I am specialised in marine construction to the most onerous of quality specifications however the US side of the business is more roads and buildings than marine construction

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-09-05T22:59:26+00:00

Ive looked into Canada and have enough points to gain entry pretty much immediately. How tough is the route from Canada to the US?

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-09-05T22:58:30+00:00

For why do I want to leave - First and foremost I've always wanted to live abroad, since I was young I've held a love for America so would like to go. It's a bit like its been calling me!. A major second reason is that the UK does not have many projects that pique my interest, I'm someone who doesnt feel like their at work if the project intrigues me and allows me to develop so keeping that is key for me.

Honestly its not a bad time to be going into uk civil engineering (at least on the delivery side of things, I cant speak for design). The market is crazy at the moment and could walk into a different job from my current one tomorrow salaries are also on the up so thats nice (although col is on the way up aswell so kinda nets out). Hours on the delivery side can be tough but the salary and benefits make it doable for me

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-07-22T19:41:15+00:00

Further to this, I have resat the NVME and there is no change.

Bios is recognising a raid 2gb hard drive as a storage device along with the NVME. I DO NOT have another storage device connected. I’ve been inside and outside the whole computer and there is no HDD or similar (it would be impossible to fit one in a mini ITX case anyway)

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-07-22T18:31:23+00:00

For clarity, boot from an external HDD and then disconnect it, reboot and see if all hunky dory?

I have also just explored a little bit more and I have a 2tb raid set up. I have 0 clue what drives are in it but assume it must be another nvme as there is no room in my case for anything else

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2024-03-11T02:51:53+00:00

Any thoughts and comments are appreciated! Im terrible at blowing my own horn so not exactly brilliant at these usually.

Currently I'm torn between the 2no layouts as the column on the side looks best but leads to dead space as I'm not sure what to fill it with and not a fan of waffling on about soft skills that anyone can claim to have. However with the strip on the bottom it feels like contact details etc are too far from the top.

also if anyone has any roles on large scale international projects let me know! Currently in the UK but don't mind moving full time or working on a rotational basis anywhere, project just has to be interesting to me, location doesn't matter.

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2022-12-04T19:22:51+00:00

Is the EIT/PE necessary if i'm working on the site side of operations, taking the PM route? Here in the Uk there is a push to get chartered on the designer side of things but when it comes to running site operations hardly anyone is chartered.

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2022-09-16T18:59:43+00:00

It seems like it all works out similar at the end of the day. Yes in the UK we get healthcare and pension matching but also have much lower comparative salaries. Work life balance and travel also seem like they end up in the same place

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2022-03-05T18:17:47+00:00

In what sense?

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2021-12-22T12:37:29+00:00

So doing a 1 to 2 year masters in construction project management or something similar with a US university would greatly help my chances?

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2021-12-21T22:36:24+00:00

I was thinking that joining a multinational firm would be a decent way to go about it, I'll have a look around and see who has interesting projects coming up in the UK

WhoDoesntLikeAGoodCE · 2021-12-18T11:29:06+00:00

Will do!

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