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Construction Manager resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a construction manager, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
Project type (commercial, residential, heavy civil), contract value and delivery method are what owners and general contractors screen for. Show budget, schedule and safety results for the projects you ran.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example construction manager resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Led construction management of a $28M, 120,000 sq ft medical office building, finishing 3 weeks early and 2% under budget
- Directed site supervision and subcontractor management for 35 trades and 200 workers, with zero lost-time incidents over 14 months
- Negotiated change orders that held cost growth to 1.5% against a 4% contingency
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.