Production managers and directors in construction: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 1122 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Production managers and directors in construction

Production managers and directors in construction direct and co-ordinate resources for the construction and maintenance of civil and structural engineering works including houses, flats, factories, roads and runways, bridges, tunnels and railway works, harbour, dock and marine works and water supply, drainage and sewage works.

How people enter it

There are no pre-set entry standards. Entry is possible with either a degree or equivalent qualification and/or relevant experience, via apprenticeships or S/NVQs in Management at levels 3 to 5. On-the-job training is provided, and professional qualifications are available.

What the work involves

liaises with other managers to plan overall production activity and construction activities, sets quality standards and estimates timescales and costs
receives invitations to tender, arranges for estimates and liaises with client, architects, Chartered architectual technologists and engineers for the preparation of contracts
plans, directs and co-ordinates the construction and maintenance of civil and structural engineering works, including demolition, pipelines and pilings
receives reports upon work in progress to ensure that materials and construction methods meet with specifications and statutory requirements and that there are no deviations from agreed plans

Also called

Building services manager · Construction manager · Director (building construction) · Owner (electrical contracting) · Site manager

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	149,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	155,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	163,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	4,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	8,100.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	167,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	None	2026-03	5,900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	23,600.00	2026-03
East Midlands	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	19,100.00	2026-03
London	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	23,400.00	2026-03
North East	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	4,800.00	2026-03
North West	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	16,100.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	4,000.00	2026-03
Scotland	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	8,100.00	2026-03
South East	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	27,000.00	2026-03
South West	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	14,400.00	2026-03
Wales	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	5,900.00	2026-03
West Midlands	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	10,500.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	1122 : Production managers and directors in construction	None	10,500.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for production managers and directors in construction vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Production managers and directors in manufacturing · Production managers and directors in mining and energy