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Jan 2025
25m 32s

The Art of Managing Engineering Projects...

ISAAC OAKESON
About this episode

Have you been eyeing the Project Management route for your career and want to know what it looks like? 🤔


Well, this interview with Aaron Shavel spills the beans on everything you need to know…from the inside. 🔐


Aaron is a civil engineering graduate who went down that path and now works as Project Manager at TC Electric, managing some really massive and complex projects up there in New York. 😨


In this episode, he details his journey into Project Management and everything he learned along the way to help you get a headstart if you’re considering going that route as well. 😉


What skills do you need to develop? What are the challenges you’ll face? Do you Need certification — and which ones? How is technology impacting the project management work?


Aaron dives into all these questions you’ve already asked yourself…and a lot more!

So, if working in project management is the thing you think you want for you, whether straight out of school or pivoting into it later in your career, this episode will help you find that out! 👍 🎧


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🧠 TUNE IN TO LEARN:

  • Why Project Management...and the 3 Routes You Can Take

  • The 2 Traits You Need If You Want to Be a Project Manager

  • The 2 Biggest Communication Challenges Project Managers Face

  • What's the Designated Design-Build Professional Certification?

  • The Process to Getting the DBIA Certification...and Why You Should!

  • What About the PMP? Should You Get it?

  • The New Technologies Being Used in Project Management...and What's Coming

  • Why We’re in the "Civil Engineering Golden Age!"

  • The Biggest Problem With Projects Today...and How to Solve It

  • His Two Best Pieces of Advice to Young Engineers Interested in Project Management

  • The Importance of Scope of Work for Project Managers


✅ RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Aaron's Interview with the ASCE

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Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


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