Job prospects Construction Manager in Northwest Territories

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "construction manager" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Construction managers (NOC 70010) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• Due to the seasonal nature of this occupation, employment opportunities tend to be more favourable during the summer months.

Demand for construction managers should be strong in the NWT in the short to medium term. The Government of Northwest Territories estimates that in its 2024-2025 budget it will spend $361M on infrastructure projects with about $94M of that going towards roadwork (CBC News 2023). The federal and territorial governments also announced that they will be spending $20M to replace the Dehk’è Frank Channel bridge (Government of NWT 2023). Also, the federal government announced that it will be providing $53.7M to build infrastructure in Tuktoyaktuk to mitigate the encroaching shoreline on the community (Government of Canada 2023).

Here are some key facts about Construction managers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Construction managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 74%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 14%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 8%
• 73% of construction managers work all year, while 27% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 21% of construction managers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 25% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 19% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 25% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 13% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a