The purpose of the study is to propose a scientific method for selecting project managers in civil engineering by combining KSA and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (Electre I). The author used the literature review and a case study to collect information and validate three hypotheses: (1) KSA may represent a tool for ranking the candidates` competencies for project managers; (2) interviews may provide false results if they are not supported by other selection methods; (3) Electre I may be used for choosing the most suitable candidate. By applying KSA, criteria were grouped in three categories: knowledge (31%), skills (35%), and abilities (34%). The most important competencies for the ideal profile were: leadership (18%), planning (16%), teamwork (14%), and communication (13%). The candidates went through two interviews (structural and situational) and an assessment center. They received scores for each criterion, which were computed using Electre I, by outranking the candidates according to the rates given to criteria. By comparing the data, it was found that interviews provided distorted ranking, due to the subjectivity of the assessors. The results validated the hypotheses, and, based on outcomes of the literature, the combined methods may be applied in civil engineering or in other manufacturer industries.

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